A passenger bus crashed into 32 vehicles stopped at a traffic light during the busy morning commute in Seongnam, south of South Korea’s capital, Seoul.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports, citing Yonhap, that the bus driver lost control, first hitting a roadside barrier and then vehicles stopped at a red light. The vehicles involved included four other buses, a truck and 27 cars. The crash injured 57 people, nine of them seriously.
The fire service dispatched 88 personnel and 33 vehicles to the scene. The crash caused severe traffic congestion at a road junction near a residential complex.
In an initial statement to police after being taken to hospital, the bus driver said the crash was caused by a fault in the bus’s braking system.
