Kim Dong-yeon Orders "Priority on Saving Lives" in Response to Seoul-Sejong Expressway Bridge Collapse
Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon urged, regarding the collapse accident that occurred on the Anseong section of the Seoul-Sejong Expressway on the 25th, "Please mobilize all available resources and prioritize human rescue."
Governor Kim Dong-yeon canceled the scheduled New Year's greeting event for Gyeonggi residents that day and headed to the accident site around 10:30 a.m.
Gyeonggi Province announced that it has issued a Level 2 response related to this accident, and Cho Sun-ho, head of the Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, and others have been dispatched to the site to jointly respond with the Chungnam Fire Headquarters.
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According to the fire authorities earlier, at around 9:49 a.m. that day, a structure on a bridge collapsed at a highway construction site in Dorim-ri, Ipjang-myeon, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam. It is known that eight workers were buried in this accident, and rescue operations are underway at the site.
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