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Bridge collapses in South Korea: Two dead
At least two people have been killed in the collapse of a bridge in South Korea - the search was still on for several buried victims on Tuesday morning (CET).
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The dramatic incident occurred Tuesday morning at 9:50 a.m. (local time) at a highway construction site in Anseong, about 65 kilometers south of the capital Seoul. A video of the accident was posted on social media - it shows a part of the structure falling onto a road where the person filming was traveling.
You can see the video here:
Two fatalities have been confirmed so far, seven people were injured, six of them seriously. South Korea's interim president Choi Sang Mok declared that all available resources and forces would be mobilized for the rescue operation.
More pictures from the accident site:
Several steel girders collapsed one after the other after being lifted into position by a crane, Yonhap news agency reported. The bridge is up to 52 meters high.
According to the Seoul Ministry of Labor, there were more than 8,000 work-related deaths in the country from 2020 to 2023. The bridge was scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.
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