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An elementary school student trying to cross the road at a crosswalk in a children's protection area was hit by a bus and seriously injured his leg.
At that time, the bus was turning right, but it turned out that it did not slow down even in front of the crosswalk.
Reporter Bae Yoon-joo of UBC reported exclusively.
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Two girls stand side by side on the sidewalk and wait for a signal in a children's sanctuary on Hagyok-gil, where children with backpacks come and go.
Seeing the signal change, the child steps to cross the street, but the tour bus does not slow down, let alone stop in front of the right-turning crosswalk.
A child who is hit by a bus falls down and cannot get up.
A first-year elementary school child who suffered an accident suffered serious injuries that broke his leg and had to undergo surgery.
With the revision of the Road Traffic Act, drivers of all cars must stop when pedestrians are about to cross the crosswalk as well as when crossing the crosswalk, but the bus driver who caused the accident did not comply with this.
[Nearby residents: I'm sorry.
There's also a crosswalk right in front of me, so I don't think I'll have time to get into an accident.
Not in a big city like this.
I feel bad.] The
police are considering aggravated punishment by applying the so-called 'Minshik Act' to the driver in his 40s who caused the accident.
[Ho-Yeol Choi / Head of Traffic Investigation Team at Ulsan Northern Police Station: Two proviso clauses are being applied because it is a case of violating the duty to protect pedestrians at the crosswalk and causing a child accident in the child protection zone.]
Children according to the Minsik Act
A driver who causes a traffic accident with a child without observing the safety obligation is subject to up to 15 years in prison or a fine of up to 30 million won.
(Video Correspondent: Jang Jin-guk UBC, Screen provided by Ulsan Buk-gu Office)
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