Major snowfall caused a series of road accidents and flight cancellations in southern South Korea on Sunday. | AsiaNewsNetwork
Jeonnam Fire Services Headquarters in Muan, some 380 kilometers south of Seoul in South Jeolla Province, said it had received nine road accident reports Sunday morning alone.
A vehicle slipped on an icy road in Boseong, South Jeolla, just past 3 a.m. Sunday, sending its driver to a local hospital for minor injuries. A similar accident happened in Boseong about three hours later, authorities said. Around 7:30 a.m. in Boseong, a bus, a truck and a passenger vehicle narrowly avoided a three-way crash.
Authorities also fielded calls for help from drivers unable to get over slippery hills across the province.At Gwangju Airport, six outbound flights through 10:30 a.m. and six inbound flights through 11:40 a.m. have been canceled. At nearby Muan International Airport, just west of Gwangju, a flight bound for Bangkok has been delayed, while four domestic inbound and outbound flights have been scrapped.Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway located west of Seoul, reported no weather-delayed cancellations as of Sunday morning.
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