A light truck has crashed into a market in South Korea, ploughing 150 metres along a passageway lined with stalls before coming to a halt, killing two people and injuring 18, according to emergency officials and media reports.
The incident on Thursday took place at a market in Bucheon, about 20km west of the capital Seoul, a fire official told a televised briefing.
Two people who had suffered cardiac arrest were later confirmed to have died, the Yonhap News Agency said.
The truck appeared to reverse for 28 metres before accelerating towards the outdoor market, the fire official said.
The driver had blamed a sudden surge of acceleration for the incident, he said.
The driver was not intoxicated when tested for alcohol, a police official said at the briefing, and authorities would hand the vehicle over to investigators to determine the cause of the crash.
CCTV footage aired on Korean television showed shoppers going about their business at an outdoor market before a blue truck accelerated along a passageway lined by stalls and crashed into one of the stores.
Police had arrested the driver who was in his 60s and he was being questioned, Yonhap said.
