Truck crash at S. Korean market kills 2

SEOUL, South Korea -- A truck plowed into pedestrians at an outdoor market in South Korea on Thursday, killing two people and injuring 18, officials said.

The two people were pronounced dead at a hospital after the crash shortly before 11 a.m. in Bucheon city, near the capital of Seoul.

Nine people suffered 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 initiall

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