ULSAN — A 14-ton truck struck a road maintenance vehicle on the Southern Belt Road in Ok-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan, sending it over the median barrier and into oncoming traffic in a four-vehicle pileup that left five people with injuries ranging from minor to serious.
According to the Ulsan Fire Headquarters and police, the 14-ton truck was traveling on the Southern Belt Road at San 170-6, Ok-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan, heading toward the Gamnamujin intersection at about 1:45 p.m. on the 2nd when it rear-ended two road maintenance vehicles ahead of it in succession.
The impact pushed a one-ton Porter truck, one of the maintenance vehicles, through the median barrier and into the opposite lanes, where it collided with an oncoming Sportage.
Five people in total, including workers and occupants of the passenger car, were injured and taken to hospitals.
Two male workers in their 40s who were replacing a streetlight lamp and operating equipment at the time were seriously hurt. One of them, surnamed Kim, was rushed to Ulsan University Hospital with the help of a mobile emergency medical unit staffed by a physician dispatched to the scene, while another seriously injured worker, also surnamed Kim, is being treated at City Hospital. The three occupants of the Sportage struck in the opposite lanes were found to have minor injuries.
Police and fire authorities are investigating the exact circumstances of the crash, including whether the truck driver failed to keep a proper lookout ahead and whether safety measures were observed at the work site.
