Two people have been killed and dozens are injured.
11:05, Thu, Nov 13, 2025 Updated: 11:05, Thu, Nov 13, 2025
The car ploughed into crowds at a busy market (Image: NC)
Two people have been killed and at least 18 others have been injured after a truck ploughed into crowds at a busy outdoor market. Emergency services were scrambled to South Korea’s Bucheon city, in the Seoul metropolitan area, on Thursday, as the horror crash unfolded.
The truck driver, reportedly a man in his 60s, is being questioned by police, a Bucheon police official said. Initial reports from Park Geum-cheon, an official at Bucheon’s fire station, suggest the truck initially reversed before driving forward for nearly 500 feet, hitting pedestrians.
A witness has described the "really frightening" scenes as the truck crashed through the market, as per Japanese outlet NHK.
They said: "There was a huge booming sound. The vehicle was careening forward, dragging along people. It happened in an instant and was really frightening."
Images posted to social media have captured the aftermath of the truck crash. Two people were killed and at least 18 injured.
\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7Two people were killed and 18 others were injured on Thursday after a truck crashed into the sidewalk at a market in #SouthKorea\u2019s Bucheon city. The driver, in his 60s, claims it was sudden unintended acceleration. #CarAccident (Pics via CFP) pic.twitter.com/dmUw1sf3U5
A police official said during a televised briefing that authorities will hand the truck over to investigators as they work to determine the cause of the crash.
Park Geum-cheon, an official at Bucheon’s fire station, added that officials are reviewing security camera footage.
Police are questioning the unidentified truck driver. He is believed not to have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs, said Son Byeong-sam, a police official in Bucheon.
Jin Mo, a 43-year-old seller at the market, said: "I was eating inside the store when I heard screams outside, followed by a loud noise as a car passed by and crashed with a bang."
A police official said that the truck reversed 28 metres before accelerating towards the outdoor market. The driver was rescued after being trapped in the vehicle. He drove into the sidewalk at around 10.55am local time on Thursday. According to the Korean news outlet Xinhua News, the man said that the truck's brakes failed. He had driven around 100 meters into the market before crashing into a storefront and coming to a stop.
The driver has been booked under charges of negligent homicide and injury under the Traffic Accident Special Act.
Local authorities confirmed the incident happened on Thursday, November 13, in South Korea’s Bucheon city, which is located in the Seoul greater capital area. Police are questioning an unidentified truck driver in his 60s. He was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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