Dump Truck Driver Killed By Landmine Near the DMZ

This is something that seems to happen from time to time which is random people getting killed by long forgotten landmines near the Korean DMZ:

The front of the badly damaged truck, whose driver was killed. / Yonhap
The front of the badly damaged truck, whose driver was killed. / Yonhap

A dump truck driver was killed in an apparent landmine explosion at a farm in Cheorwon Country, Gangwon Province, on Wednesday afternoon.

The man, surnamed Han, was severely injured while carrying stones and earth from a construction site to a nearby farm. He died in hospital.

From August to October, military authorities searched for landmines at the construction site near Pungam Dam using excavators. After the military confirmed there were no landmines, Cheorwon County began moving the excavated soil. [Korea Times]

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