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A man in his 13s was killed by the wheels of a bus at a bus stop near Balsan Station in Seoul yesterday (50th) afternoon. Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident based on eyewitness accounts that the accident occurred while trying to catch the bus that was about to depart.

News of incidents and accidents, Bomi Kim is a reporter.

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This is a bus stop near
Balsan Station in Seoul.

There are traces of accidents such as white paint marks all over the road.

Yesterday at around 5 p.m., a man in his 50s died here when his body part got stuck in a city bus.

[Witness: Suddenly, there was a clanging sound and I looked back and because of the rotational force (of the wheel), I fell over and fell on the rear wheel....]

Witnesses reportedly told police that the man had an accident while running to catch the bus that was about to depart.

After obtaining dashcam footage of the bus, the police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident with the driver and witnesses.



One truck has toppled over on the first lane of the --- highway, and the wreckage of broken vehicles is scattered around.

At around 1:1 p.m. yesterday, a passenger car driven by a driver in his 6s hit two vehicles, including a cargo car, near the Anseong rest area on the Gyeongbu Expressway in the direction of Seoul.

The driver of the truck was injured in the accident and was taken to the hospital.


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at about 40 p.m. yesterday, a fire broke out in Yasan in Socheon-myeon, Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang Province, and was extinguished after two hours.

Fortunately, no one was injured and forest authorities are determining the exact extent of the damage and the cause of the fire.


--- at around 70:2 p.m. yesterday, a fire broke out
at a sushi restaurant in Minrak-dong, Suyeong-dong, Busan, and was extinguished in 8 minutes.

Fire authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, believing it moved to a vent facility while making food.

(Video Interview: Kim Se-kyung, Video Editing: Shin Se-eun, Video Credit: Forest Service, Busan South Fire Department)