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chartered bus carrying junior high school student soccer club players crossed the center line and hit a street tree on a downhill road.
One middle school student on the bus died and 30 were injured.
This is KNN reporter Taehoon Lee.
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front part of the bus was broken so badly that it was hard to recognize the shape.
Today (2nd) at around 12:40 noon, a chartered bus carrying a Gyeonggi-do junior high school student soccer team hit a street tree on a road in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do.
In this accident, 15-year-old Army A was moved to a hospital, but died and 30 people were seriously injured.
The point of the accident was downhill with an S-shaped curve.
[Hayoungryeol / Sancheong police accident investigation team leader: 1. Shock the right guard rail car from gokgak point, and there losing center (crossed the centerline) is to buy one off the road to the left;
then bus junior football player 28 names Director, There were 31 people on board, including coaches, and it was confirmed that some passengers did not wear seat belts.
As you can see, the base of the tree was completely broken by the impact of the accident at the time, and broken windows and vehicle debris are still scattered at the site of the accident.
The middle school student soccer team visited Sancheong for field training, and was on their way from their accommodation to the training ground.
The police said that there were no black boxes or CCTVs around them, and they are investigating the exact details of the accident, such as negligence in driving or whether the brakes rupture.
(Video coverage: Myung-Hwan Ahn KNN)