Three sanitation workers killed in Yeongcheon crash on way to work

Three sanitation workers were killed early Wednesday when a dump truck collided with their garbage truck at an intersection in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, police said.

The crash occurred at about 4:03 a.m. at Dodong Intersection. The three workers aboard the 6-ton garbage truck — two men in their 60s and one in his 40s — died at the scene, according to police.

The driver of the 25-ton dump truck, a man in his 70s, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital.

The workers were employed by a contractor hired by Yeongcheon to collect household waste. They were on their way to their work site for an early-morning collection shift when the crash occurred, authorities said.

Police said the two trucks collided as they entered the intersection, which was operating under flashing signals at the time. The intersection uses flashing signals from midnight to 5 a.m.

Police are reviewing closed-circuit television footage and dashcam recordings to determine the exact circumstances of the crash, including how the two vehicles entered the intersection.

This article was written with the assistance of AI. -- Ed.