On the 11th at around 4:50 a.m., a passenger car crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a dump truck on National Route 38 near Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts in Samjuk-myeon, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, killing three people in their 20s who were in the passenger car.

According to the police, an Orlando passenger car traveling from Iljuk IC toward Anseong crossed the road's centerline and collided with an oncoming dump truck. The driver, a man in his 20s identified as A, and two passengers — a man and a woman, both in their 20s — were pronounced dead at the scene. The exact relationship among the deceased has not yet been confirmed. The dump truck driver was also injured and transported to a hospital. Police have secured vehicle dashcam and nearby CCTV footage and are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident and the cause of the centerline crossing.

This tragedy has once again drawn attention to the deadly dangers of wrong-way driving accidents. Over the past five years, a total of 1,457 wrong-way traffic accidents have occurred, claiming 66 lives. The fatality rate of wrong-way accidents stands at 4.5%, three times higher than that of general traffic accidents. This is because the impact in a head-on collision is extreme and drivers have difficulty responding immediately. In fact, if two vehicles each traveling at 80 km/h collide head-on, the combined collision speed reaches 160 km/h, sharply increasing the risk of death.

Police urged the public to regularly check safety facilities such as traffic signs and road markings to prevent wrong-way driving accidents. They also emphasized that if a driver mistakenly enters a road in the wrong direction, it is essential to immediately pull over to the side of the road, contact police, and respond swiftly and calmly.