Expressway pileup involving 9 vehicles in Jeongeup injures 13 people

An expressway pileup involving nine vehicles in the southern city of Jeongeup injured 13 people on Monday, three of them seriously, authorities said. The accident started shortly after noon when a 22.5-ton truck crashed into a 1-ton truck that was ahead of it on a congested section of the northbound Honam Expressway in Jeongeup, 221 kilometers of Seoul. The crash resulted in successive collisions between vehicles ahead of the 1-ton truck, leaving 13 people injured, three of them seriously. Nobody is in life-threatening condition. The accident left a section of the expressway strewn with damaged vehicles and debris, causing severe traffic congestion temporarily. The driver of the 22.5-ton truck told the police that he was drowsy while driving at the time of the accident and has been booked for investigation. Source: Yonhap News Agency