Six Injured as LED Screen Falls at Incheon US Military Base 'Camp Market' Opening Event

At around 1:29 PM on the 14th, an LED electronic display board installed for an open event at the U.S. military base 'Camp Market' in Bupyeong, Incheon, collapsed, injuring six people.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] At an event opening the Incheon Bupyeong US military base 'Camp Market,' an LED billboard fell, injuring six citizens.

According to Incheon City and Bupyeong Police Station on the 14th, at around 1:29 PM, an LED billboard measuring 2 meters wide and 1 meter tall, installed for the Camp Market opening event, fell, hitting six citizens present at the scene. They were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. It is reported that one of them sustained serious injuries.

On this day, Incheon City opened 93,000 square meters of the total 440,000 square meters of Camp Market, which included a baseball stadium, swimming pool, and theater, allowing free access to the public for the first time in 81 years, and held a commemorative event.

Camp Market was used as a Japanese Army weapons manufacturing factory (Jobeongchang) during the Japanese colonial period in 1939, and after liberation, it was occupied by the US Forces Korea, restricting public access for 81 years.

Incheon City received the prior return of 210,000 square meters of land out of the total 440,000 square meters of Camp Market in accordance with the Korea-US agreement last December.

A city official stated, "It is understood that after the opening event ended, citizens gathered near the billboard to avoid the sunlight, and the billboard fell, causing injuries."

Meanwhile, regarding the accident, the police plan to investigate the safety management of the billboard installed by the event agency.

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