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During the night of last night (the 4th), the first day of the holiday, there were a series of traffic accidents across the country.

On the Namhae Expressway, a car crashed into a tollgate and then a fire broke out, killing two people.



Correspondent Shin Shin-shik.



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A car was engulfed in red flames.



Firefighters keep spraying water, but the car is charred.



At around 11 o'clock last night, a car entering the Seobusan tollgate from the Gimhae direction of the Namhae Expressway collided with the tollgate shock absorber and caught on fire.



Two people, a male driver and a female passenger, were killed in the accident.



The fire department is investigating the exact cause of the accident.



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Two vehicles are stopped on the side of the road, bumping into each other.



At the scene of the accident, paramedics are providing first aid to the injured.



At around 9:45 pm last night, at an intersection in Myeongji-dong, Gangseo-gu, Busan, a taxi crashed into a light car ahead.



A driver in his 50s was seriously injured, and two passengers, a taxi driver and a passenger, suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment.