A series of traffic accidents in Naju, Mokpo, and Yeongam... 25 injured (comprehensive)

(Naju = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang A-reum and Min Hyeon-ki = On the 31st, the last weekend of October, a series of collisions and large vehicle accidents occurred throughout Jeollanam-do, with a total of 25 people injured.

According to the Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Fire Department, at around 12:02 p.m. on this day, a tour bus hit the rear of a fire truck at an intersection in Yeongam-gun, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

In this accident, a total of 15 people, including 11 drivers and passengers of the tour bus and 4 firefighters who were returning from dispatch, suffered major and minor injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital.

It was found that the tour bus driver was not drunk or unlicensed at the time of the accident.

Earlier, at 11:17 a.m. on the same day, a Tivoli vehicle driven by a 50-year-old driver collided with a Sportage vehicle waiting at a signal on a two-lane road in Yeonsan-dong, Mokpo-si, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

The Sportage, which was pushed out due to the impact of the accident, hit the rear of a car waiting at a signal in the same lane.

In this accident, a total of five people, including one person in his 50s, two people in their 40s, and a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old child, were transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, including back pain and neck pain.

At 10:41 a.m., three cars collided on a road in Pyeongsan-dong, Naju-si, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

Immediately after the accident, five vehicles following each other also had separate collision accidents, and five people, including a man in his 50s, two women in their 40s, a woman in her teens, and a 3-year-old child, were injured and taken to the hospital in the two accidents.

This accident caused traffic congestion on the roads in the area for about an hour.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident based on statements from the driver and witnesses.