▲ Yeosu Soho Port site where truck crash occurred
Seeing a truck crash into the sea, a driver in his 40s jumped into the sea and rescued two passengers.
Porters trucks dropped to the sea near Soho Port in Yeosu City today (11th).
Two women including driver A (59) and passenger B (63) were in the truck.
Mr. A and others found that they crashed at sea while avoiding other vehicles coming into the breakwater while they were backing by truck after completing their burrow work nearby.
47-year-old Kim Mo, who was in the oncoming car, witnessed the situation and immediately jumped in.
Kim broke the truck window and rescued two people in turn.
Mr. A and others are being treated at a nearby hospital.
Mr. Kim said, "The situation was so urgent that I could not report it to 119. I jumped into the water."
(Photo = Yonhap News)