Iran car crash kills nuclear inspector

TEHRAN, Iran — A U.N. nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed and a colleague was injured in a car crash Tuesday near a reactor site in central Iran, state media and the nuclear watchdog agency said.

Iran’s state TV said the South Korean inspector was thrown from the car. The two inspectors were riding in the back seat of the car.

State TV showed video of the other inspector in a hospital bed, not seriously injured. It said the driver, who lost control of the car, also was slightly injured.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that it was in touch with the inspectors’ families and Iranian authorities.

The agency did not name the inspector killed in the crash, but Iran’s official IRNA news agency identified the inspector as Seo Ok-seok from South Korea.