On the 4th, a series of traffic accidents on the Seohaean Expressway left two people dead.
According to the Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency and the Jeonbuk State Fire Headquarters, at about 1:23 a.m. that day, three vehicles collided near the Gochang junction on the northbound lanes of the Seohaean Expressway.
At the time, with a drunk-driving vehicle stopped in the first lane, two following vehicles crashed in succession. In this accident, a police officer and a tow-truck driver who were handling the scene were struck by an SUV and died.
In addition, nine people, including two 119 paramedics, driver A of the SUV and a passenger, and another driver, were injured and transported to a hospital.
Police believe A fell asleep at the wheel and caused the crash and plan to book the driver on suspicion of death by negligent driving under the Special Act on Traffic Accident Handling, while investigating the circumstances of the accident.