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A recycling collector is seen pulling a car along a road in an unrelated file photograph taken in Seoul in 2023. (Im Se-jun/The Korea Herald) |
An elderly recycling collector was killed in a car accident in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Friday.
According to the police, the victim – a woman in her 60s – was hit by a vehicle while she was pulling a cart of cardboard along the road at about 4:55 a.m. Paramedics took the victim to the hospital, but she did not survive.
The driver – a man in his 70s – has been booked for manslaughter. The driver tested negative for alcohol, and the police plan to investigate the incident further.
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