The death of a young girl in an apartment complex has been brought to light.

On the JTBC show ‘Han Moon-chul‘s Black Box Review’ (abbreviated as Hanbly) that aired on the 17th, an unfortunate accident in which an elementary school student passed away in a traffic accident that occurred in an apartment complex was introduced.

The released CCTV footage shows a recycling truck driving up the sidewalk in the apartment complex and attempting to back up. At that time, the driver failed to notice the elementary school student walking home on the sidewalk and was shocked. The studio was filled with tears when it was reported that 7-year-old Kim Ri-ye died at the scene.

The bereaved family brought up the issues of the recycling company that worked alone without any assistants and the apartment complex that recently removed the stone bollards that had been installed previously. The bereaved family was even more furious when it was revealed that the offending vehicle had a rear-view camera. In response to the victim’s father‘s sad confession of “I buried my daughter in my heart,” Lee Soo-geun deeply sympathized with him, saying, “I would have collapsed if I were him,” as if he were a father. Attorney Han Moon-chul informed the prosecution that the driver of the vehicle causing the accident had been sent to the prosecution and is under arrest and investigation, and urged that the same accident be prevented, saying, “This was an accident that could have been prevented.”


Videos warning of the dangers of not wearing seat belts were also released. The released black box footage shows a truck speeding at incredible speed before crashing 5 meters down onto the road below after impacting a guardrail. Singer Jang Ye-eun, who appeared as a guest in the shocking footage of the driver, who appeared to be not wearing a seat belt, being thrown out of the car due to the impact of the accident, emphasized the importance of wearing seat belts again, saying, “Seat belts are life belts.”

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com