Road Near Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Where Sinkhole Occurred, Subsides Again

Road subsidence was discovered near Seongsan-ro in Yeonhui-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, where a sinkhole accident had occurred, leading to traffic being controlled.

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According to the Seoul Western Road Office on the 30th, the office discovered the road subsidence around 8:40 a.m. during a patrol on Seongsan-ro, and the police are controlling two nearby lanes.

The location where the road subsidence was found this time is Seongsan-ro, heading from Yonsei University to Sacheon Bridge, about 30 meters away from the site where the sinkhole accident occurred the previous day.

Earlier, on Seongsan-ro in Yeonhui-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, at around 11:26 a.m. the previous day, a sinkhole measuring 6 meters wide, 4 meters long, and 2.5 meters deep occurred in the third lane of the four-lane one-way Seongsan-ro.

As a result of the accident, a passenger car driving on the lane fell into the sinkhole, and the male driver, Mr. A (82), was seriously injured and transported to the hospital. The female passenger, Ms. B (79), received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and was transported to the hospital, where she regained consciousness.

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