(25 Mar 2025)
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Seoul, South Korea – 25 March 2025
1. Various of sinkhole in the middle of street, emergency personnel
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A motorcyclist who fell into a massive sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after around 17 hours, officials said Tuesday.
The sinkhole is roughly 20 meters wide and 20 meters deep, taking up four lanes of traffic and part the sidewalk when it appeared at an intersection in the Myeongil-dong neighborhood in eastern Seoul on Monday afternoon.
The sinkhole in eastern Seoul swallowed the motorcyclist and injured a woman whose van was passing over the site, according to safety and emergency offices.
The motorcyclist, who was in his 30s, was found before noon on Tuesday, emergency officer Kim Chang-sup told a televised briefing.
Kim said the man was found wearing a helmet and motorcycle boots, and that rescue workers found his Japanese-made motorcycle and mobile phone before reaching his body.
Kim said rescuers used excavators, shovels and other equipment to find him.
Kim said the injured woman didn’t fall into the sinkhole and she sustained minor injuries.
The cause of the sinkhole was under investigation.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited the site on Monday night and asked authorities to find out why the sinkhole happened and how to prevent recurrences of similar incidents
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