On the 28th of last month, fire trucks dispatched from across the country are preparing to withdraw from the temporary parking lot of the fire command center set up along the Osipcheon River in Yeongdeok-eup, Gyeongbuk, to carry out firefighting operations. /Courtesy of News1

An accident occurred in which an elderly pedestrian was struck and killed by a fire truck returning to the fire station after responding to an incident.

According to fire authorities on the 24th, a man estimated to be in his 80s was struck by a fire truck belonging to the Gangdong Fire Station on a road in Pungnap-dong, Songpa District, Seoul around 4:30 p.m. the previous day.

The man was found in cardiac arrest and, while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, was transported to the hospital but died.

The fire truck involved in the accident is reported to have been returning after responding to the scene. The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident involving the firefighter who was driving the truck.

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