Foreign Worker Drowns in Tank at Gochang Eel Farm

At around 6:20 a.m. on the 17th, A (34), a citizen of East Timor, was found dead after falling into a 5-meter deep purification tank at an eel farm in Haeri-myeon, Gochang-gun.

Around 6:20 a.m. on the 17th, A (34), a Timor-Leste national, was found dead after falling into a 5-meter deep purification tank at an eel farm in Haeri-myeon, Gochang-gun.
[Photo by Jeonbuk Fire Department]

Fire authorities and police responded to a report from a coworker saying "a colleague has fallen into the farm," but A was found collapsed and in cardiac arrest inside the drained farm.

A was rescued and transported to a nearby hospital but ultimately passed away.

The police are investigating the detailed cause of death and the circumstances of the accident.

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