{"id":53135,"date":"2022-10-28T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T00:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53135"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:00:50","slug":"automobile-accident-near-pyongyang-kills-daughter-high-ranking-cadre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/automobile-accident-near-pyongyang-kills-daughter-high-ranking-cadre\/","title":{"rendered":"Automobile accident near Pyongyang kills daughter of high-ranking cadre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An automobile accident on the outskirts of Pyongyang has left about 10 people dead or injured, including the daughter of a high-ranking Workers&#8217; Party Central Committee official, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in Pyongyang on Wednesday, a mid-sized bus collided with a 10-ton truck coming the other way on the outskirts of the capital around 9 PM on Oct. 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four of the roughly 20 people on the bus were immediately killed, while 12 suffered serious injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bus was carrying cadres and staff from Pyongyang\u2019s people\u2019s committee, returning back to the city after completing work on nearby farms as part of the autumn harvest labor mobilization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The accident killed the newly married daughter of a high-ranking Workers\u2019 Party Central Committee cadre just two months after her wedding, prompting the Pyongyang police to launch a prompt investigation of the accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In ordinary investigations, the police drag things out and conclude matters in favor of the side that bribes them the most, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis time, however, the city branch of the Ministry of Social Security quickly launched an investigation, perhaps because the daughter of a high-ranking Workers\u2019 Party Central Committee cadre died,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The police investigation found that the accident occurred because the driver of the truck fell asleep at the wheel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver of the truck confessed during questioning that he was dozing off at the wheel when he could see little ahead of him in the dark, and that he believed he ran into the bus \u201cdue to an [optical] illusion, even though he saw the oncoming vehicle.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the truck driver will likely receive more than 15 years of forced labor \u201cbecause four people lost their lives, even though he did not maliciously or intentionally collide with the bus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passengers who suffered broken ribs or arms are undergoing treatment at a hospital. \u201cThey will likely have to spend six months or more in the hospital,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Security called on city and county branches across the country to \u201ctake thorough preventative measures against transport vehicle accidents and incidents, including falling asleep at the wheel and drunk driving involving vehicles mobilized for the autumn harvest.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221026-2\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An automobile accident on the outskirts of Pyongyang has left about 10 people dead or injured, including the daughter of a high-ranking Workers&#8217; Party Central Committee official, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 According to a Daily NK source in Pyongyang on Wednesday, a mid-sized bus collided with a 10-ton truck coming the other way on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":45920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1712],"class_list":["post-53135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-infrastructure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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