7 Women Killed in Car-Bus Accident

Seven people were killed and five others injured in a multi-car pileup in northern Seoul late Thursday night, police said Friday.

The accident occurred at around 10 p.m. when a bus rear-ended a passenger car and about nine other vehicles, including those parked at roadside in Suyu-dong. Gangbuk-gu. The exact number of cars involved was not immediately known.

All the seven occupants of the Avante car were killed after moving to a nearby coffee shop after a dinner meeting, the police said, without giving details about the conditions of the injured.

The killed are identified middle-aged female officials of a nearby primary school. : Lee Myo-suk, 45; Choi Mun-suk, 53; Jeon Su-ae, 50; Hah Hye-yong, 56; Kwak Hyang-suk, 46; Park Hong-sun and Kim Eun-gyeong.

The 59-year-old bus driver said he lost control of the vehicle as its brakes didn't work before the accident.

Police said that they were investigating the exact cause of the accident.