Van Rollover Accident Kills 7 on Korean Highway
This is a horrible accident caused by speeding:
A speeding van with 12 construction workers and others on board overturned on an expressway exit ramp in central South Korea on Monday, killing seven and injuring the five others, police and expressway officials said.
The fatal accident occurred on the Dangjin–Yeongdeok Expressway’s Sejong section, about 120 kilometers south of Seoul, at 8:20 a.m., when the Starex van turned upside-down on a road leading to the South Sejong Toll Gate after colliding into a roadside signpost.
It was confirmed that the vehicle was speeding to overtake another car just prior to entering the curved exit ramp, where the speed limit is 40 kph, according to police and the Korea Expressway Corp.
The automobile was found to have lost its center of gravity and overturned after first impacting the signpost on the left side of the road while going around the ramp road that curves to the right, they explained.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but the only one wearing a seatbelt was the driver.
We had an impromptu meeting with our director yesterday morning where he announced that one of our coworkers passed this accident. He was 51 and had no-fault insurance.
Terrible and 100% preventable accident. “Traveling at an unsafe speed” has killed hundreds of thousands of people on otherwise good roads. Odds are the driver did not have the correct license to carry that 12 passengers. And it was already dangerous overloading a van with probably only 7 or 8 seats with seat belts…
Dear ‘Drop readers: Please don’t be this stupid.
They were Chinese migrant workers who were killed and injured. I thought you guys would enjoy their deaths.
Speaking of unfortunate Chinese, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55794071
When you’ve lost the BBC…
And no one but Winnie hates the Chinese.
“They were Chinese migrant workers who were killed and injured. I thought you guys would enjoy their deaths.”
Stop it, Korea Man.
My dìck can only get so hard.
Not familiar with Starex, but 12 people!? I imagine the CCP will have something to say. I hesitate to get into all your personal squabbles, but Korea Man might get me started.