Cheorwon self-propelled artillery serial collision… There was no escort vehicle for the self-propelled gun that was left behind alone.

Early this month, in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do, a military self-propelled artillery and two passenger cars collided in succession, resulting in two casualties. At the time, the self-propelled artillery that hit the car was found to be operating behind other self-propelled artillery.

In addition, it was confirmed that the convoy vehicle at the time did not follow the self-propelled artillery that was behind, but joined the line of self-propelled artillery in front of it.

According to Yonhap News coverage on the 11th, at around 6:10 p.m. on the 5th, a Sportage car and a Porsche car following an Army K55A1 self-propelled howitzer collided one after another on National Highway 43 in the Cheongyang-ri area of ​​Cheorwon-gun.

In this accident, Sportage driver A (28) died, and Porsche driver B (57) was taken to the hospital after complaining of pain.

As a result of closed circuit (CCTV) video analysis, the self-propelled gun that had the accident was separated from the three self-propelled guns that were running ahead.

The 'Convoy' vehicle, which had been escorting the self-propelled artillery in front of and behind the line before the accident with its warning lights on, joined the line of three self-propelled guns in front when the accidental self-propelled artillery fell behind, and the accident self-propelled artillery was driving alone without an escort vehicle.

The military reportedly explained that the accident occurred with the self-propelled howitzer and was behind other self-propelled howitzers.

However, it was not confirmed what specific problem occurred.

Accordingly, the police are cooperating with the military police to check whether the fact that the escort vehicle joined the front line while the self-propelled artillery was behind the line complies with the operating regulations.

We plan to investigate related personnel, including soldiers and commanders who boarded the self-propelled artillery.

In addition, in order to confirm the driving speed of the passenger cars at the time of the accident, the National Institute of Forensic Science was requested to evaluate the accident recording device (EDR).