A car crashed into a hair salon on the first floor of a commercial building in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, killing one person and injuring two others.

Police and fire authorities said they received a report at about 2:03 p.m. (KST) on November 11 that an Ioniq 5 electric vehicle had crashed into the first-floor salon of a building near a parking lot in Eupha-ri, Hoengseong-eup, Hoengseong County, trapping people. The car was driven by a 78-year-old driver identified only as A.

Fire authorities rushed personnel and equipment to the scene, including a command vehicle, a fire engine, two ambulances and two rescue vehicles, and began rescue operations.

Of the two customers inside the salon, an 82-year-old woman was found in cardiac arrest and taken to a hospital, where she died.

The other customer, a 91-year-old woman, was seriously injured. The salon owner, a 56-year-old woman who escaped on her own, sustained minor injuries.

The driver, A, reportedly claims the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the crash, including by questioning the driver and witnesses.

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