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A 9-year-old child was hit and killed by a drunk driving vehicle in a children's protection area in front of an elementary school in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

In Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, three members of a family were poisoned by carbon monoxide and were taken to the hospital.



This is Reporter Kim Bo-mi, news of incidents and accidents.



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front of an elementary school in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, around 5:00 pm yesterday (2nd), a 9-year-old elementary school student was crossing a crosswalk and was hit by a drunk driving car.



[Gangnam Fire Station official: The child seems to be bleeding and unconscious due to a traffic accident in front of the elementary school...

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The victim was taken to the hospital with serious head injuries, but eventually died.



The accident happened in the children's protection area right in front of the school.



As a result of the investigation, the blood alcohol level of driver A in his 30s was at the level of license revocation.



The police applied for an arrest warrant for Mr. A by applying the 'Min-sik Act', which provides additional punishment when an accident occurs due to negligence of a driver in a child protection zone, and charges of drunk driving.



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Around 9:00 last night, carbon monoxide leaked from a gas boiler in a detached house in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, and three members of the family, including a couple and their son, were poisoned.



After returning from the academy, the daughter found the family lying down and reported them to the hospital.



Police and fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the leak.



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Black smoke billows from the building, and firefighters spray it with water.



At around 7:50 am today, a fire broke out in a sauna in Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do and went out in 3 hours.



There were no customers because the business was being prepared, so there were no casualties, but most of the building was destroyed.



The fire department believes that the fire started when the embers moved around while burning wood in the steam room.



(Video coverage: Yang Ji-hoon, Video editing: Choi Hye-ran, Screen provided: Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, Buyeo Fire Station)