Driver Dies After Car Breaks Through Guardrail and Crashes Into Stream in Inje
Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A passenger car left a road near Daeteogyo Bridge in Inje County and fell into the Inbukcheon stream.
- Firefighters found the 48-year-old female driver dead, while police investigate the cause of the crash.
A 48-year-old woman died after the Hyundai Accent she was driving broke through a roadside guardrail and plunged into the Inbukcheon stream in Inje County, Gangwon Province.
The crash occurred at about 12:01 p.m. on a road near Daeteogyo Bridge in Wolhak-ri, Buk-myeon. The vehicle is believed to have fallen into the stream after breaking through the guardrail.
Firefighters responding to the report confirmed the driver’s death and handed the scene over to police. Investigators are examining the precise circumstances of the accident.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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