Prosecutors asked police to conduct a supplementary investigation into the crash at the Seodaemun Station intersection in Seoul in January, when a city bus veered onto the sidewalk and injured 13 people.
The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office said on the 27th that on the 1st it requested a supplementary investigation from the Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul, which investigated the case. Prosecutors said that because the suspect denies the charges, there is a need to take a closer look at the claim.
The bus driver, a man in his 50s identified as A, was sent to prosecutors last month on suspicion of causing injury under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents.
Police were found to have determined whether A was negligent based on the National Forensic Service's appraisal result, received in a reply, that there was no mechanical defect in the bus involved in the crash.
A is suspected of injuring 13 people, including pedestrians and passengers, by driving a city bus onto the sidewalk near Seodaemun Station in Seoul on Jan. 16.
At the time of the crash, A was found in a police interview to have said that the brakes did not work.