One dead, three injured in wrong-way collision on Gyeongin Expressway

A traffic accident killed one person and injured three others after a driver attempted to enter the Gyeongin Expressway via the highway’s exit ramp on Monday morning.

The destroyed cargo truck being towed at the site of the car crash that happened on the Gyeongin Expressway on Monday. [INCHEON FIRE HEADQUARTERS]

A traffic accident killed one person and injured three others after a driver attempted to enter the Gyeongin Expressway at Bupyeong District, Incheon, via the highway’s exit ramp on Monday morning.

According to the Incheon Police Agency and Fire Headquarters, a compact car driven by a Chinese national in her 40s collided with a van after driving in the wrong direction through the exit ramp at Bupyeong Interchange at 5:20 a.m. on Monday.

Five additional vehicles collided into the initial crash site, including a one-ton cargo truck. The cargo truck driver, who was in his 70s, died at the scene, and three others were injured.

The accident also caused a two-hour traffic jam on the expressway.

Police believe that the driver mistook directions given by her navigation system and entered the highway exit ramp in the wrong direction.

A police official stated that they plan to investigate her further on charges of causing death under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents.

BY KIM MIN-YOUNG [kim.minyoung5@joongang.co.kr]