SEOUL, Dec 18 (NNN-YONHAP) – Seven workers were trapped today, in South Korea’s subway construction site accident.
It was reported to the police at about 1:22 p.m. local time (0422 GMT), that, people were pinned under the collapsed steel bars at the construction site, for a new subway line in the capital, Seoul.
The accident occurred at a depth of some 80 metres underground.
Among the seven workers buried, one was found in cardiac arrest and was rushed to a hospital.
The police and fire authorities were conducting rescue operations for the remaining workers.– NNN-YONHAP