Teen killed as car crashes into home in Yangpyeong
Emergency responders work at the scene, Sunday, after a car crashed into a house in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, fatally injuring a teenage girl in the yard. Courtesy of Gyeonggi-do Fire Services
A teenage girl was killed after a car driven by an elderly woman crashed into a house in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, on Sunday evening, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The incident occurred around 6:40 p.m. in Yongmun-myeon, when an 80-something woman, identified only as A, lost control of her Mercedes sedan and plowed into a single-family home.
The car struck and fatally injured a teenage girl, identified as B, who had been in the front yard. She was taken to a hospital but later died.
The crash took place on a narrow village road with a sharp 90-degree turn. Police believe the driver failed to make the turn properly and instead broke through the home’s metal fence, ending up in the yard.
Authorities said A was not under the influence of alcohol or in violation of traffic laws at the time. She is expected to face criminal charges for negligent driving following the completion of the investigation.
This article is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.