"It's poison".Helicopter Rescued Hiker Who Took Herbal Herb

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A hiker who ate poisonous plant roots in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, was rescued by helicopter after developing symptoms of shortness of breath.The poisonous plant that

incorrectly eaten by hikers was a poisonous herb that was also used as a so-called "poison pill" material in the past.

Reporter Yoon Tae-in's report.

[Reporter]
At around 12:40 p.m. yesterday, a male hiker in his 50s was rescued from eating the root of a poisonous herb, the horseshoe flower, at Mount Garisan in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.

The hiker, who showed signs of paralysis, shortness of breath, and decreased vision, was taken by air force helicopter to a nearby hospital.

The fire department explained that the root of the horseshoe flower is a poisonous plant that has been used as a poison material in the past.

Black smoke rises above the sky and red flames rise over the road.

At around 12:40 p.m. yesterday, a 25-ton truck driving on the road in Wondang-dong, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, caught fire.

[Firefighter: I think it's on fire in the front. There was a fire in front of the bonnet....]

The fire department, which extinguished the fire in about 50 minutes, is investigating the cause of the fire in detail.

Two police cars are standing side by side behind a white SUV.

The SUV's left front part was damaged so badly that it fell off.

At around 4:10 p.m. yesterday, an SUV hit a telephone pole in a market alley in Sajik-dong, Busan.

After the accident, the driver left the vehicle behind and a man who claimed he drove appeared while police cleared the scene of the accident.

Police said the man did not drink alcohol and explained that the traffic was blocked by the accident vehicle, causing inconvenience to citizens.

Yesterday at around 5:40 p.m., a fire broke out in a housing warehouse in Samrye-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, and it was extinguished in 20 minutes.

A woman in her 80s was burned by the fire and taken to a hospital.

The fire department believes the fire started with a short circuit from a pepper dryer in the warehouse.

I'm YTN Yoon Tae-in.