Yoon calls for upmost efforts for rescue operation, treatment in fatal car accident
SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday ordered officials to make upmost efforts to rescue victims and treat them after a fatal car accident in downtown Seoul that killed at least nine people.
Yoon made the emergency order to Interior Minister Lee Sang-min and the head of the fire authorities, according to presidential spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung.
At least nine people were killed and four others were injured when a car crashed into pedestrians at an intersection near Seoul City Hall at around 9:27 p.m. in downtown Seoul, the fire authorities said.
A fatal traffic accident takes place at an intersection near Seoul City Hall in downtown Seoul on July 1, 2024, killing at least nine people and injuring four others. (Yonhap)
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