50s Body Found Wearing Brush Cutter at Grave on Chuseok Day... Suspected Heart Attack During Grave Clearing
At a Communal Cemetery in Wansan-dong, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongbuk
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] On Chuseok day, a man in his 50s was found dead carrying a brush cutter at a cemetery in Wansan-dong, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongbuk, by family members who came to pay respects.
According to Yeongcheon Fire Station on the 2nd, at around 10:17 a.m. on the previous day (the 1st), a family visiting the cemetery near Bongjeongsa Temple in the hills of Wansan-dong, Yeongcheon, for Chuseok, discovered their relative Jeong Mo (53) collapsed and reported it to 119.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, the man was found dead, having fallen to the left while carrying the brush cutter power equipment on his back. He had been out of contact since going to trim the grass on the afternoon of the 30th of last month.
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The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident, believing that Mr. Jeong suffered a heart attack while trimming the grass alone for Chuseok.
The photo is unrelated to the article. It shows POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks employees performing weed-cutting volunteer work at an unclaimed graveyard near the steelworks ahead of Chuseok.
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