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Today (24th) at dawn, a car traveled 50km from Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do to Yongin, across Seoul. This vehicle stopped only after a police car was in the way, and 7 vehicles, including the police car, were damaged during the reverse driving process.
Reporter Han Sohee reports.
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black car runs in reverse on the 1st lane of Gangbyeonbuk-ro, followed by police cars closely.
The vehicle traveled about 50 km across Seoul from Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do to Yongin-si.
[Witness: There was a vehicle running in reverse in one lane, and four police cars were chasing it.] The
reverse driving ended only when a police car blocked a road in Yongin, Gyeonggi at around 2:40 am today.
During this process, two police cars and five general vehicles were damaged, and the police are checking if there is any additional damage such as personal injury.
Police officials said that the driver of the reverse driving vehicle did not drunk driving and will investigate the cause of the accident, including drug testing.
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yellow van has completely collapsed to the side.
At about 10 o'clock last night, a child protection vehicle and a car collided at an intersection in Seoknam-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon.
In this accident, a child protection vehicle fell to the side, and one driver in their 70s who was riding alone was injured.
The police believe that an accident occurred due to a signal violation and are investigating which vehicle has violated the signal through CCTV video analysis.
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7:30 yesterday evening, a fire broke out in a mountain in Haeryong-myeon, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, after 3 hours.
About 0.15 ha of forest was destroyed by this fire.
The forest authorities are investigating the cause of the fire in detail, as it is believed that the fire was caused by a real fire.