Tag: Anseong

This a horrible likely accident in Anseong if it is true this guy simply lost control of his truck:

A tragedy struck at the site of a flea market in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Saturday, as a small truck killed two volunteer workers and injured five others.

The victims were preparing for the event at a neighborhood park, when the vehicle ran them over at around 11:18 a.m. The two people who died were a woman in her 40s and her son, who was in middle school.

The five injured include a woman in her 20s who sustained fractures on both her legs.

Police are conducting interviews of the driver and eyewitnesses, while checking the surveillance footage to determine the cause of the accident, which occurred in an area normally not accessible to vehicles.

Investigators believe that the driver, in his 60s, lost control of the vehicle as he was entering the park.

Korea Herald

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How can the operators of this business overlook not securing the carabiner before a bungee jump? Condolences to the deceased friends and family because this is absolutely horrible:

This Yonhap file photo shows Starfield Anseong Mall. (Yonhap)

A woman in her 60s died after falling from a bungee jumping platform at a large shopping mall in Anseong, just south of Seoul, on Monday, police said. 

The victim, whose identity has been withheld, plummeted eight meters to the concrete floor at a sports experience facility housed at Starfield Anseong Mall, they said. The facility offers various experience facilities, such as bungee jumping and climbing.

The victim was wearing safety equipment at the moment, but a key safety component, a carabiner, which is a type of safety hook, was unsecured at the time, they said.

Yonhap

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Here is a horrible story of murderous firefighter in Anseong:

A 50-year-old firefighter was arrested on Wednesday after attempting to rob a house to pay back his gambling debts, only to be caught by the two homeowners, who he then murdered before burning their house to cover his tracks.

According to the police in Anseong, Gyeonggi, the firefighter broke into a two-story house located around Dangwang-dong, Anseong, at around 3 p.m. on Aug. 1, where a 64-year-old man and his 57-year-old wife were living.

The firefighter was not listed as a usual suspect by police at the time, but his crimes were revealed when he attempted to commit suicide by drinking herbicide and throwing himself off from the rooftop of an apartment at around 4:50 p.m on Wednesday.   [Joong Ang Ilbo]

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