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Chief Justice's Escort Vehicle in Traffic Accident, Three Injured

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A vehicle accompanying South Korean Chief Justice Jo Hee-dae was involved in a traffic accident in Jeongseong, resulting in three injuries.
  • The Chief Justice was traveling in a separate vehicle and was not harmed in the incident.
  • Police are investigating the accident, preliminarily attributing it to driver carelessness.

A vehicle in the motorcade of South Korean Chief Justice Jo Hee-dae was involved in a collision with a passenger car in Jeongseong, injuring three people. The Chief Justice himself was traveling in a different vehicle and was unharmed, having already passed through the intersection where the accident occurred.

The incident took place around 2:20 PM on the 14th at an intersection in Ongdong-myeon, Jeongseong. The passenger car struck one of the Chief Justice's escort vehicles. The driver of the passenger car and two individuals in the escort vehicle sustained minor injuries and were transported to a hospital for treatment.

According to the Jeongseong Police, the Chief Justice was on a provincial tour of district courts at the time of the accident. Police are currently investigating the exact circumstances, with initial findings suggesting driver carelessness as the probable cause. The investigation aims to determine the precise sequence of events leading to the collision.

The accident is presumed to be due to driver carelessness.

— Jeongseong PoliceProviding the preliminary assessment of the cause of the accident.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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