This photo, provided by Daejeon Fire Department, shows a city bus in Daejeon, about 140 kilometers south of Seoul, after its collision with a bridge pillar on Sept. 24, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
DAEJEON, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A van driven by a drunk person collided with a city bus in the central city of Daejeon, causing the bus to crash into a bridge pillar and leaving 28 people injured, two of them seriously, police said Wednesday.
The van’s driver in his 50s was drunk at a level warranting license suspension when the vehicle struck the bus at an intersection at 9:53 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The impact caused the bus to swerve off the lane and smash head-on into the railway bridge.
Twenty-eight people, including bus passengers and the van’s driver, were taken to a hospital with injuries. Two of them suffered serious injuries, including the bus driver, police said.
Police booked the van’s driver on drunk driving charges.
(Yonhap)
