<Anchor> An
elementary school student crossing the road at a green signal at the crosswalk was hit by a large truck turning right and died. Construction was in full swing near the school road, but there were no child restraints and the driver didn't look around.
Reporter Pyo Joong-gyu of KNN reports exclusively.
<Reporter> A
truck running at the signal to go straight, and a small child is urging on the sidewalk next to it.
The child started running at the crosswalk when the green light flashed.
But the truck still steers to the right.
On the weekend of the 4th, 11-year-old Yohan Jeong died at the scene in an accident that occurred in downtown Changwon.
It is the scene of the accident. At that time, the child was crossing this road to go to the cathedral after finishing soccer class on the weekend.
As the reconstruction of 1,000 households began in this area, the number of construction vehicles increased significantly.
Even though it was near the school road, no safety measures were taken, and in the end, a catastrophe occurred in a large vehicle.
[Jeong Byung-wook / late Jeong Yo-han's older brother: I thought that a large car would obey the signals more thoroughly, but I never thought that this would happen.]
Wrong driving practices are also a cause.
When turning right across the crosswalk at the green light, you must stop immediately, but the vehicle did not stop for a moment.
[Jeong Byung-wook / late Jeong Yo-han Older brother: I want many drivers to always recognize that pedestrians have priority in right-turning and left-turning lanes with crosswalks like this.
I hope there will be no more such
incidents in the
future.] On the
road that took the life of Jeong Yo-han, the youngest of five siblings who are 22 years older than the older brother, only flowers and letters are guarding the crosswalk.
(Video coverage: Jung Chang-wook KNN)