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Last month, there was an accident in Gwangju where a taxi crashed into a pedestrian and another car.
However, the taxi driver says he has no recollection of the circumstances at the time of the accident.
Not only this, but it is said that something similar happened last year, and KBC reporter Koo Young-seul covered it.
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a taxi runs over a man walking down the street, his body rises into the air.
The pedestrian suffered serious injuries in the accident and was taken to the hospital.
[Ahn Dong-gi/Accident Victim: He (the taxi driver) never bumped into it, and after showing the black box, he asked if there was anything like this
.
[Han Jong-chan / Damaged owner: 'I caused an accident because he said, 'What did I do wrong, so why do you keep coming to me?', but why can't I remember?
] That's it.
This is the scene of the accident.
The taxi collided with a parked vehicle about 20 meters after hitting a pedestrian here.
As a result of the police investigation, no blood alcohol level or drug substances were detected in the taxi driver.
However, the driver was a private taxi driver and an elderly man in his 70s suffering from severe illness.
[Kim Jae-ho/Professor of Neurosurgery at Chosun University Hospital: About 4-5% of strokes occur while driving, and epilepsy or stroke can lead to a major (traffic) accident.]
This private taxi driver had the same symptoms last year and There was a history of car accidents.
[The private taxi driver: I had to stop (driving) then when I had an accident last year or the year before last, but I thought about that.] The
problem is that there are no regulations or legal management systems for taxi drivers who are seriously ill or elderly.
In particular, unlike corporate taxis, private taxis do not have restrictions on operation and are left to the driver's discretion.
It is pointed out that the current taxi driver qualification test and medical aptitude test are insufficient to eradicate safety accidents.
(Video coverage: Hyungsoo Kim KBC)