Korean TV producers die in head-on crash in South Africa

By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-soo

Late Kim Kwang-il and Park Hwan-sung

Two South Korean TV producers have been killed in a head-on car crash in South Africa.

The accident happened near Pretoria, one of the country's three capital cities, on July 14. A vehicle carrying Park Hwan-sung and Kim Kwang-il collided with another car at around 8:45 p.m. The driver was also killed.

An investigation is under way.

The producers were filming a documentary titled “DocuPrime” for South Korean broadcaster EBS.

The broadcaster was told of their deaths on July 18. The bereaved families and Independent Documentary Producers Association officials left for South Africa on Sunday to retrieve the bodies and monitor the investigation.

The Independent Documentary Producers Association, with which the two were registered, has raised more than 50 million won ($40,000) to help their families.