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The elevated part of the highway under construction crashed in Anseoning, killing or injuring all 10 workers present.

Four people were killed and six were injured in South Korea after elevated parts of the highway in the construction on Tuesday, firears said.

The National Fire Agency said 10 people worked in the town of Anseong, about 65 km (40 miles) south from the capital Seoul.

The accident took place at 9:49 (00:49 GMT), when the steel structure of 50 meters (164 feet) supported by the highway bridge collapsed, capturing workers in ruins.

The cause of the collapse was not immediately known.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that it sent a team of officials on the scene.

Hyundai Engineering, page builder, apologized for losing life and injuries.

“We actively cooperate with the relevant authorities to ensure the quick recovery of the location and the underlying investigation into the accident,” said the statement in the statement, stated in the statement.

Rescue members seeks missing workers after the bridge crashed on the construction site of Expressway
Hyundai Engineering excused about losing life and injury (Yonhap / AFP)

The act of President Choi Sang-Mok called on mobilizing all the staff available and ensure security measures to prevent further damage, his office said.

Choi became the acting of southern Korea in December after the president of Yoon Suk Yeol was killed for his short-lived declaration Martial Law 3. December.

Joon appeared in court for a Preliminary hearing Last week, he was trying to orchestrate the rebellion, before the criminal trial.

Police yoon arrested 15. January after the cessation in one week in his residential compound, in the first such action undertaken against the sessions in South Korea.

Deadly accidents continue to happen regularly on the industrialists in South Korea, the Law was introduced in 2022. to resolve security and punish the company’s management if the worker is killed at work.

Earlier in February, the fire was killed in a fire in the hotel construction site in the port city of Busan, including about 100 people, including 14 workers who collapsed the helicopter after being removed on the roof.

In June last year, fire in the factory of lithium batteries that authorities felt the quality control and inadequate security failure killed 23 workers.

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2025-02-25 08:33:00

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