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At least three dead in South Korea highway construction project collapse
SEOUL – At least three people died and six were injured on Feb 25 after a collapse at a highway construction site in an area south of the South Korean capital, Seoul, fire authorities said.
The accident took place at 9.49am (8.49am Singapore time) from Seoul, when five 50m steel structures supporting the highway bridge collapsed one after another after being hoisted into place by a crane, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
The National Fire Agency said that three people had died and six were injured, including five who were in a critical condition.
Broadcaster YTN aired dramatic footage showing a deck of a towering bridge collapsing at the site.
Hunting for further survivors, rescue workers at the site were seen examining twisted metal struts and fractured concrete slabs below the columns of the highway bridge.
STRAITS TIMES