A truck ploughed into pedestrians at an outdoor market in South Korea yesterday, killing two people and injuring 18, officials said.

The two people were pronounced dead at a hospital following the incident shortly before 11am (1pm Thursday AEDT) in Bucheon city, near the capital of Seoul.

Nine people sustained serious injuries among the 18 who were hurt, Bucheon's municipal government said, noting it wasn't immediately clear if any of the injuries were life-threatening.

Police are questioning the unidentified truck driver in his 60s who was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, said Son Byeong-sam, a police official in Bucheon.

Park Geum-cheon, an official at Bucheon's fire station, said witnesses told investigators that the vehicle initially reversed about 28m before driv

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