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Not long ago, a woman in her 80s standing in front of a crosswalk was hit and killed by an electric scooter running on the sidewalk.
It was reported that teenagers without a license had an accident while riding an electric scooter.
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Mr. A, who lives in Sejong City, recently lost his mother in his 80s to a devastating accident.
On August 1, around 7 pm, an electric kickboard running on the sidewalk collided with a mother in her 80s who was waiting for a pedestrian crossing signal.
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[Mr. A/Kickboard traffic accident survivors: A kickboard suddenly came from over there and collided with my mother, and even my mother fell backwards.
The CCTV footage confirms that she fell backwards and banged her head hard...
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Mr. B, who suffered a brain hemorrhage, was taken to the hospital, but died within a fortnight.
Two people were riding on the kickboard where the accident occurred.
Both were teenagers.
To drive a kickboard, you must have at least a motorbike license, such as a motorcycle.
In addition, it is forbidden to pass on the sidewalk and boarding of more than two people is prohibited, all of which were violated.
[Mr. A / Kickboard traffic accident survivors: The student who committed the most negligence, so the driver student who had the most negligence was holding the kickboard like this, and a friend was hanging from the back like
this.
[Taeksoo Yoo / Head of Traffic Management Section at Sejong Nambu Police Station: It was possible to operate the system because it was a system that could temporarily use an electric scooter if it was passed by selecting 'certify next time' when proceeding with the authentication process (investigated). ]
The bereaved families complained that if the authentication system had worked properly, such an accident would not have happened.
[A / Kickboard traffic accident survivors: If we had made some kind of system that could check with the person actually riding it, this kind of accident wouldn't have happened...
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The police will soon forward the two students to the prosecution on charges of manslaughter.
(Video coverage: Hyung Yoon, video editing: Seunghee Lee)
▶ Electric kickboard accident, too lax 'authentication system'