![Rescue workers respond to the scene of a collision between a Mercedes-Benz sedan and a community bus near Jeongja Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday morning. [Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters]](https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/07/14/news-p.v1.20260714.6d702a9be6de4ac2b9313811aeab2abc_P1.jpg)
A Mercedes-Benz sedan plowed into a sidewalk near Jeongja Station in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring two others.
According to police and fire authorities, a woman in her 50s, identified only by her surname A, was driving the Mercedes along a road near Jeongja Station on the Suin-Bundang Line when she rear-ended a community bus at around 6:50 a.m. and veered onto the sidewalk.
A man in his 30s who was walking on the sidewalk was rushed to a hospital in cardiac arrest but died.
The driver and a teenage passenger were also injured and taken to a nearby hospital. Their conditions are not believed to be life-threatening.
Authorities determined the driver was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.
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