17 injured in S. Korea’s multi-vehicle pileup

SEOUL: Seventeen people were injured on Friday morning after a multi-vehicle pileup in South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.

A concrete mixer truck crashed into a one-ton truck from behind in northeastern Seoul around 9:21 a.m. local time (0021 GMT), leading to the 13-vehicle pileup including a motorcycle.

A total of 17 people were wounded, and five were taken to nearby hospitals.

The driver of the one-ton truck was hospitalized in cardiac arrest, and another driver was seriously injured.

The police reportedly believed that the mixer truck driver failed to brake on a downhill road and would investigate the exact cause of the accident.

-Xinhua