Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
Two jaywalkers hit, killed by SUV
Two people ― Lee, 52, and Choi, 48 ― were hit by an SUV and killed while crossing against a red light at an intersection in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Gettyimagesbank
By Lee Gyu-lee
By Lee Gyu-lee
Two people were hit by an SUV and killed while walking across a crosswalk against a red light at an intersection in Icheon, sortheastern Gyeonggi Province, Thursday.
According to police, Friday, the SUV hit the two pedestrians ― Lee, 52, and Choi, 48 ― before crossing the median line and colliding with a bus in the opposite lane at around 9 p.m
Both the SUV driver and the bus driver sustained minor injuries.
“It seems that the SUV driver went across the zebra crossing on a green light and did not see the two crossing the intersection,” a policeman told local news outlet News1.
The SUV driver was booked without physical detention, while the police were planning to examine footage from surveillance cameras inside the bus and SUV.