17-vehicle pileup injures 57 in Seongnam
Verified: 7 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 11.
A bus crashed into vehicles that were waiting at a traffic signal in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday morning, triggering a 17-vehicle pileup that injured 57 people. The crash occurred at around 7:34 a.m. near a busy intersection in Bundang. Nine of those injured were in serious condition, and at least five people were hospitalized. No deaths had been reported as of 9:30 a.m. Two buses, a truck and 14 cars were involved. The bus that triggered the pileup came to a stop after hitting a g
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 gives a 17-vehicle pileup at a traffic signal, which conflicts with Report 1's 32 vehicles and median strip, though it's the same Seongnam bus crash; Reports 3 and 4 match Report 1's 32-vehic
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