[instiz] [EXCLUSIVE] ELDERLY COUPLE TAKING A STROLL AT THE PARK, HIT BY AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER... WIFE PASSES AWAY

An ambulance arrives in the middle of the park.

Firefighters are providing first aid to two people lying on the ground.

On the evening of the 8th of last month, around 7 p.m., a couple in their 60s who were taking a walk in Ilsan Lake Park, Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, lost consciousness and were transported to the hospital after being hit by an electric scooter that came from behind.

This is the scene of the collision accident.

The electric scooter, which was carrying two high school students, struck the elderly couple who were walking on the right side of the road.

The wife died eight days after the accident from a brain hemorrhage caused by trauma, and the husband is receiving psychiatric treatment due to the severe shock from the accident.

The remaining family members are living each day in pain.

〈Victim's Family〉 "When I see people of the same age from behind, I think of my mother… I keep thinking about her in my daily life."

The students responsible for the accident claim it happened while they were avoiding a bicycle.

However, according to current law, riding an electric scooter in a park is illegal.

The students were riding without helmets, and two of them were on one scooter at the same time, all of which are illegal.

〈Kim Pil-Soo / Professor, Department of Automotive Engineering, Daelim University〉 "When two people are riding, factors such as the angle of turning, speed, and weight become more dangerous."

The police have charged these two students under the Traffic Accident Processing Special Act for negligent homicide and are investigating.

Since the students did not have a motorbike license and if the road where the accident occurred is classified as a roadway under the Road Traffic Act, additional charges of unlicensed driving, which is a major traffic offense, may be added.

source: https://n.news.naver.com/article/422/0000670965?sid=102

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1. This makes my blood boil

2. What happened to that student?

3. This was a huge incident, I still remember it. At that time, people were swearing at electric scooter so much, I still remember

4. I get annoyed seeing people riding their electric scooter

5. Wow... This is so dangerous, foreigners might take these things lightly but it's disgusting

6. This is so annoying, can we get rid of them?

7. Just get rid of them

8. Please get rid of electric scooters businesses

9. How can a middle schooler ride them?

> They don't need driving license to ride them