A lightweight truck has crashed right into a market in South Korea, ploughing 150 metres alongside a passageway lined with stalls earlier than coming to a halt, killing two folks and injuring 18, in accordance with emergency officers and media reviews.
The incident on Thursday happened at a market in Bucheon, about 20km west of the capital Seoul, a hearth official instructed a televised briefing.
Two individuals who had suffered cardiac arrest had been later confirmed to have died, the Yonhap Information Company mentioned.
The truck appeared to reverse for 28 metres earlier than accelerating in the direction of the out of doors market, the hearth official mentioned.
The motive force had blamed a sudden surge of acceleration for the incident, he mentioned.
The motive force was not intoxicated when examined for alcohol, a police official mentioned on the briefing, and authorities would hand the automobile over to investigators to find out the reason for the crash.
CCTV footage aired on Korean tv confirmed buyers going about their enterprise at an outside market earlier than a blue truck accelerated alongside a passageway lined by stalls and crashed into one of many shops.
Police had arrested the motive force who was in his 60s and he was being questioned, Yonhap mentioned.
