Yoon calls for upmost efforts for rescue operation, treatment in fatal car accident

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday ordered officials to make upmost efforts to rescue victims and treat them after a fatal car accident in downtown Seoul that killed at least nine people. Yoon made the emergency order to Interior Minister Lee Sang-min and the head of the fire authorities, according to presidential spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung. At least nine people were killed and four others were injured when a car crashed into pedestrians at an intersection near Seoul City Hall at around 9:27 p.m. in downtown Seoul, the fire authorities said. Source: Yonhap News Agency