It was belatedly known that a police officer in Busan rescued a citizen from a traffic accident in a highway tunnel.
According to the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency on the 4th, an accident occurred at around 4:28 pm on Sunday, July 10, at the Samrangjin Tunnel of the Busan Expressway in Sindae-gu, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do.
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The image at the time of the accident contained in the rear black box of the vehicle in front revealed by the police at the time of the accident was that the vehicle running on the first lane collided with the entrance while entering the tunnel.
The vehicle overturned with a roar and slid into two lanes, soon igniting a fire, and soon there was a thick layer of smoke around the vehicle.
As soon as the driver of the vehicle ahead recognized that the vehicle behind had an accident, he stopped the vehicle and ran towards the accident vehicle without hesitation.
Then, using a fire extinguisher in the tunnel, they put out the fire and rescued the driver who was trapped in the vehicle and handed it over to the 119 paramedics.
The driver who threw himself in the dangerous situation was Inspector Park Chan-woo of the Busan Haeundae Police Station Udong District.
Inspector Park, who happened to witness the accident on a day off, said, "I checked the vehicle moving at a very high speed on the first lane, and I checked with the rearview mirror that the vehicle collided with a tunnel and overturned and caused a fire." explained.
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▲ Busan Haeundae Police Station Udong District Inspector General Park Chan-woo
It is known that other drivers passing through the tunnel at the time also stopped the vehicle one after another and left the scene after finishing the secondary accident prevention, such as extinguishing the fire with Police Officer Park and adding strength to the rescue of the driver.
Inspector Park said, "I was on my way home from visiting my in-laws with my wife and children, and as a police officer, I couldn't pass it up." heard," he said.
"I want to say thank you to the many citizens who helped with the rescue with me," he said.
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