“Is The Jamboree Jinxed?” A Bus Filled With World Scout Jamboree Attendees Crashes, Resulting In Several Injuries

A bus full of World Scout Jamboree attendees from Switzerland got into an accident, resulting in several injuries.

According to the South Jeolla Province Fire Department, the bus collided with a city bus on a one-lane road on August 9 at around 12:46 p.m. (KST).

A bus carrying Swiss Jamboree attendees crashed on a one-lane road. | Newsis

As a result of this accident, a total of eight individuals, including three Swiss scouts and five passengers of the city bus, were injured and transported to the hospital. The bus carrying the Swiss attendees of the Jamboree had 38 people on board, including 36 students, one leader, and one driver.

The city bus collided with the bus carrying Swiss Jamboree attendees. | Suncheon Fire Department

It was reported that the participants had stayed at a youth campsite in Suncheon the day before the accident and were on their way to Seoul. The police and fire authorities are currently investigating the exact cause of the accident.

The World Scout Jamboree is the world’s largest youth camp that takes place every four years in different countries. The 25th World Scout Jamboree started on August 1 in South Korea, where about 43,000 young scouts from 158 countries are in attendance. Since its opening day, the event made headlines for its extreme lack of preparation, causing children to suffer from heatstrokes and bringing humiliation to the nation.

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With the event already being known as a “mess,” netizens were only more disappointed and shocked to hear that the Swiss attendees were in a bus crash. They expressed their concerns for the children who were in the accident and wished them to heal quickly.

The netizens also pointed out that the event was filled with “disaster after disaster,” such as the K-Pop concert controversy and the effects of Typhoon Khanun. Many netizens mentioned that the nation—or the event—must be cursed.

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• “What a hot mess”
• “Ha…. Nothing is going right…”
• “Is the Jamboree jinxed? I hope everything’s okayㅜㅜ”
• “I hope they’re okay, please ㅠ Their parents must be so worried”
• “It’s already this bad, so how are they trying to send the kids to and from the K-Pop concert in the rain in the typhoon?”
• “Seriously, is our nation doomed? The strangest things are happening”
• “Jamboree needs to do an exorcism or something; this is wild”
• “Wow… This is absolutely the worst. They came to a different country and went through so many hardships, and now even an accident”
• “How can there be so many disaster after disaster?”
• “Our country must be cursed… Everything was a disaster, but it’s just accelerating ㅜㅜ”
• “They’re really just injuries, right?ㅜㅜ F*ck I can’t believe anything…. These kids are experiencing all sorts of things in Koreaㅠㅠ”
• “We’re doomed. They came here to have fun and are only experiencing the worst events ㅜㅜㅜㅜ”
• “I’m honestly so worried about the typhoon, and I can’t help but wonder if having a fit to hold the concert is really necessary…”
• “Kids, I’m so sorry ㅠㅠㅠ”
• “Just end Jamboree already”
• “Ah… They must hate Koreaㅠㅠ”
• “At this point, don’t they need to do an exorcism?”
• “It’s jinxed, it’s jinxed. Just send them all back… Ha….”
• “What absolute chaos”
• “They said they needed to worry about dangers like this, and then it happened…”
• “They’re going through the most extreme experiences… We apologize.”

The Jamboree attendees are currently relocated to Seoul and surrounding areas, and the main K-Pop concert event is set to be held in Seoul on August 11. The typhoon is expected to be in Korea at that time, bringing more concern to this event and the safety of the Jamboree attendees.