28 injured in South Korea’s car crash

SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Twenty-eight people were injured in South Korea’s car crash, Yonhap news agency said Wednesday citing the fire authorities.
A van collided with a city bus at an intersection in the central city of Daejeon at around 9:53 p.m. local time Tuesday (1253 GMT), causing the bus to swerve off the lane and crash into a railway bridge.
Twenty-eight people, including the van driver and bus passengers, suffered injuries. Two of them, including the bus driver, were seriously wounded.
At the time of the accident, the van driver in his 50s was drunk at a blood alcohol level warranting the suspension of a driver’s license.
The police booked the van driver for drunk driving to investigate details of the accident. ■