Navy Education Command Instructors Extinguish Burning Vehicle at Highway Accident Scene

Exemplary Military Spirit Shines

in Guiding Evacuations to Prevent Secondary Accidents

It was recently revealed that instructors from the Navy Education Command demonstrated military spirit by extinguishing a burning vehicle at a highway accident scene and guiding evacuations to prevent secondary accidents.

At approximately 2:55 p.m. on August 13, a three-vehicle collision occurred near the Oksan Service Area on the southbound Gyeongbu Expressway, resulting in a fire in one of the cars. Two Navy non-commissioned officers, driving side by side in the adjacent lane, immediately parked their vehicle on the shoulder and quickly extinguished the fire in the car with flames in its engine compartment. They also guided the evacuation of people to prevent further accidents. Their good deed became known belatedly.

Kim Sunyoung and Kim Younghoon receiving a letter of appreciation from the Cheonan Dongnam Fire Station in Chungcheongnam-do. [Provided by Navy Education Command]

The people behind this commendable act were Sergeant Kim Sunyoung and Sergeant Kim Younghun, who serve as instructors in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technical Administration School of the Navy Education Command.

On that day, they were returning to their base after completing an instructor training course on gambling prevention in Seoul. While driving in the second lane of the Gyeongbu Expressway, they witnessed a chain-reaction crash involving three cars in the adjacent first lane. The accident, which happened right next to them, caught their immediate attention, and they saw a passenger car with significant damage. Flames and smoke were coming from the engine compartment. The female driver, startled by the sudden accident, was unable to evacuate herself.

Sergeant Kim Sunyoung said, "I judged that it was a dangerous situation where further casualties could occur, so I immediately led the driver to safety. Since the first fire extinguisher couldn't contain the flames, I borrowed three more fire extinguishers from passing vehicles and started putting out the fire."

Sergeant Kim Younghun explained, "I informed the occupants of the vehicles involved in the initial crash, who were not yet aware of the fire, about the situation and guided them to move their cars to the shoulder and evacuate. Since there were many vehicles on the highway, I also controlled the cars to prevent secondary collisions."

Sergeants Kim Sunyoung and Kim Younghun said, "When citizens face dangerous situations, any soldier would react without hesitation."

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