The 70s on the highway 'reverse' vehicle... "misguided the road."

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One person in his 70s was killed and three others were injured when a car went inside the intersection of the highway on the early morning commute.

The reverse driver stated in a police investigation that he had caused the accident by mistaking the navigation's directions.

Reporter Bae Min-hyuk reports.

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A light vehicle enters the highway to avoid an oncoming vehicle.


'Blinking' hazard lights on, hesitating, but not stopping.

Then, suddenly, he turns and enters the highway.

Seven vehicles, including a one-ton truck, then collide and quickly turn into a chaos.

The front of the car in the accident is broken and cracked here and there, and the shape is difficult to recognize.

This is the highway that Mr. A drove backwards. After going down the access road, the accident occurred as we entered the highway.A man in his 70s who was driving a truck in the accident of

was taken to a hospital, but he died.

Several other people have suffered major and minor injuries and are being treated.

While dealing with the accident, there was also a severe traffic jam on the way to work for about an hour and a half.

The police said that the reverse driver, A in his 40s, who was confirmed to be a Chinese national, was not drunk or on drugs at the time of the accident.

Mr. A reportedly stated that he took the wrong way by mistaking the navigation information while going to work at the construction site, which is his workplace.

[Police official: You have to turn right at the next intersection of the spillway, but since there's a hole there, there's a spillway, so you've mistakenly turned right there.]

The police believe that A had an accident due to poor driving and are continuing further investigation.

I'm BAE MINHYUK of YTN.

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