Missing person at Madongho, Goseong, Gyeongnam found dead on second day of search

The Coast Guard rescue team and the fire rescue team are conducting an underwater search near Madongho, Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, to find a missing man.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters]

At around 10:32 a.m. on the 19th, a man in his 40s who went missing near Madongho, Maam-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, was found dead at 8:55 a.m. on the 20th, the second day of the search.

According to the Changwon Coast Guard, the rescue team found Mr. A without a life jacket at a depth of 5 meters underwater.

The search on this day, following the previous day, began at 6:30 a.m. and focused on underwater areas and around the breakwater, involving the coast guard rescue team, firefighters, and civilian rescue teams.

The coast guard believes Mr. A jumped into the water to retrieve fishing gear that had fallen in and suffered an accident, and plans to investigate the exact circumstances of the incident.

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