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Delivery Riders Mourn Colleague Killed in Maserati Drunk-Driving Crash

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

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  • Members of South Korea’s Delivery Platform Workers’ Union held a memorial and press conference near Seoul’s Baengbaeng intersection, where a delivery worker died in a crash on the 27th.
  • The workers called for stronger punishment for drunk driving and practical safety measures for delivery riders.
  • Participants laid flowers and said motorcycle riders remain directly exposed in collisions.

Delivery workers gathered at the site of a fatal crash in Seoul to mourn a colleague and demand stronger protection for riders. Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ Service Federation Delivery Platform Workers’ Union held the memorial and press conference near Baengbaeng Intersection in Seocho District on the 31st.

The group said the colleague died in a crash caused by a Maserati driver who was heavily intoxicated on the 27th. Participants laid flowers and issued a statement calling on the government to strengthen penalties for drunk driving and introduce effective safety measures.

They emphasized the particular vulnerability of delivery riders, saying the two-wheeled vehicles they mainly use leave drivers directly exposed to collisions.

The motorcycles mainly used by delivery workers leave riders directly exposed in a collision.

— Delivery Platform Workers’ UnionThe union used the statement to demand stronger drunk-driving penalties and effective safety measures.
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