Series of Traffic Accidents in Gangwon During Liberation Day Holiday... Tour Bus Overturns, Three-Vehicle Collision

On August 16, the second day of the Liberation Day holiday, a series of traffic accidents occurred across various parts of Gangwon Province.

Tour Bus Overturns on National Route 38 in Yeongwol. Yonhap News

According to police and fire authorities, at around 8:57 a.m. that day, a tour bus hit the central median and overturned to the right near the Neurupjae Tunnel on National Road 38, Ssangyong-ri, Hanbando-myeon, Yeongwol-gun.

As a result of the accident, two passengers, including a passenger identified as A (57), suffered fractures and were transported to a hospital. Sixteen other people, including the bus driver and additional passengers, were classified as having minor injuries, and out of these, 15 people (excluding the driver) received hospital treatment.

It was reported that the tour bus attempted to avoid a road management agency vehicle, which was removing fallen objects in the second lane in front of the tunnel, causing the bus to collide with the central median.

At around 9:35 a.m. in Panun-ri, Jucheon-myeon, Yeongwol, a K3 sedan overturned into a stream, resulting in three people sustaining minor injuries. Around the same time in Gosi-ri, Cheongil-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, three sedans collided, and three people sustained serious and minor injuries.

Additionally, at 1:25 p.m., a Starex van rolled approximately 10 meters off the side of a forest road in Gwaeseok-ri, Duchon-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, leaving one person seriously injured and transported to a hospital.

Police are investigating the exact circumstances of these accidents.

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