Elementary School Student Struck by Right-Turning Vehicle in Miryang Child Protection Zone Dies
A second-grade elementary school student was struck by a car and killed while crossing a crosswalk in a child protection zone in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province.
According to police and fire authorities on October 16, an SUV struck the seven-year-old boy, identified only as A, on a road near the Chamber of Commerce in Sammun-dong, Miryang, at around 4:03 p.m. on October 15.
A was rushed to a nearby hospital but died at around 5:16 p.m. that day.
The crash occurred on a road in a child protection zone near an elementary school.
Investigators said the driver, a man in his 70s identified only as B, was turning right at an intersection with a flashing yellow signal when he collided with A, who was crossing at a crosswalk without a pedestrian signal.
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Police have booked B on suspicion of causing a death in a child protection zone under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes and are investigating the exact circumstances of the crash.
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