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Bus crash in Seongnam injures 57, including nine seriously
Developing story first seen 4 hours ago
There is no new information in the updated article text: it still reports that 57 people were injured when a bus collided with 32 vehicles in Seongnam. Nine people were seriously hurt, but none had life-threatening injuries.
The crash happened during rush-hour traffic in the city south of Seoul and involved passenger cars, a truck and four other buses. Authorities are investigating; the driver reportedly said the brakes had failed and tested negative in a breathalyser test.
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In short
- 57 people were injured in the Seongnam collision.
- Nine were seriously hurt, with no life-threatening injuries reported.
- Investigators are examining the driver’s report of brake failure.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago Emergency crews treated casualties at the scene; the reported toll and details of the Seongnam crash remained unchanged, with the driver still saying the brakes had failed and testing negative for alcohol.
- 1 hour ago A bus collision involving 32 vehicles in Seongnam, south of Seoul, injured 57 people, including nine who were seriously hurt but had no life-threatening injuries.
Full account
A public bus collided with 32 vehicles during the morning rush hour in Bundang, a district of Seongnam south of Seoul, on Wednesday, 11 November. The Gyeonggi Province fire agency said 57 people were injured: nine seriously and 48 with minor injuries. None of those hurt was in a life-threatening condition, according to one of the reports.
The vehicles involved included four other buses, a lorry and 27 passenger cars. The bus struck vehicles on the road, some of them waiting at traffic lights, before hitting a central barrier. The collision prompted the deployment of 88 emergency personnel and 33 vehicles, and an emergency medical station was set up at the scene.
The driver was injured and taken to hospital after being freed from the bus, broadcaster KBS reported. Yonhap said he told investigators that the brakes had failed. He was believed to be in his sixties and reportedly tested negative for alcohol. Police are investigating the cause, with one report saying they plan to examine the bus’s black-box recordings and CCTV footage.
Seongnam, home to nearly 900,000 people, lies just south of the capital. The crash brought a large emergency response during a busy period on the roads; photographs published by one outlet showed the bus’s damaged front against the central barrier.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The reports give different injury totals: one says 57 people were hurt, including nine seriously; the other attributes a total of 57 to the fire agency as nine serious and 48 minor. It also notes an earlier Yonhap tally of 48 injured, six seriously hurt.
The accounts vary in how they describe the collision’s scale. One says the bus ploughed into more than 30 vehicles; the other specifies 32 vehicles and lists four buses, a lorry and 27 cars.
One report includes the driver’s account that the brakes failed and says he tested negative in a breathalyser test. The other focuses on the planned review of black-box data and CCTV as part of the investigation.
Explained simply
Seongnam is a city just south of Seoul, South Korea’s capital and largest urban centre. Rush-hour traffic can be heavy on the roads linking the two cities, with commuters travelling by car and bus.
South Korea’s buses carry many passengers and operate alongside private cars and lorries on busy urban roads. When a large vehicle is involved in a collision, several vehicles and passengers can be affected, so investigators examine what happened and whether mechanical or other factors played a part.
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Originally published by DW as “South Korea: Bus hits 32 vehicles near Seoul, dozens injured”.