Three people killed after taxi ignored traffic lights and collided with pedestrians at crosswalk - Gwangju, South Korea

A warrant has been filed against a taxi driver who ignored a traffic light and hit a pedestrian crossing the street. On the 9th, Gwangsan Police Station in Gwangju, South Korea, announced
The police applied for a pre-arrest warrant against Mr. A, a taxi driver in his late 60s who ignored traffic lights and collided with three pedestrians, on suspicion of causing death under the Act on Special Provisions for the Handling of Traffic Accidents.
At around 1:20 p.m. on October 8, Mr. A collided with three pedestrians crossing a crosswalk at an intersection in front of a certain hospital in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju City. At that time, Mr. A saw the traffic light turn red.
However, the police investigation revealed that the driver ignored the traffic lights, sped into the intersection, and collided with a car that was running on a green light.
According to a police investigation, the taxi that collided with the car turned around several times and headed diagonally across the street from the hospital.
I hit a crosswalk. At the time, the crosswalk light was green, and men and women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s were crossing the road. In addition to the three pedestrians who died in the accident, the two passengers in the car were also seriously injured.
I found out that The police considered it inevitable that Mr. A would apply for an arrest warrant because he ignored traffic lights and entered the intersection at high speed without stopping or slowing down in front of the crosswalk, resulting in numerous casualties.
. Taxi driver A was reported to have claimed in the police investigation that the vehicle suddenly started. As a result, on the 10th, the police requested the National Institute of Forensic Science to conduct an appraisal on the taxi vehicle and confirm the exact details.
We plan to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.