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Another incident occurred in Gangnam, Seoul, where an elementary school student was hit by a car and died. The accident area was near the child protection area (school area).
According to police, a 12-year-old elementary school student was killed by a bus as he crossed a pedestrian crossing on a street in Segok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul at around 9:00 am on the 17th. The crash site is only 8 meters from the starting point of the school zone.
The child is known to have been injured while crossing the pedestrian crossing alone. At that time the road was slippery due to the accumulation of snow since early morning and reports were collected that the snow clearing work was not being carried out properly. The intersection where the accident occurred is usually used by elementary and middle school students.
Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the crash, including whether the driver was speeding into the 40-year-old bus driver.
Earlier on the 2nd, there was an incident in which a driver in his 30s who was drunk in a school area near the back gate of Eonbuk Primary School in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu hit and killed a child of 9 years. school student who went out after school. On the 9th, the guilty motorist was arrested and charged with murder in a child protection zone and flight and death under the Aggravated Sentencing Act for Specific Offenses (Hit and Run).
