Four killed after new 164ft bridge collapses on motorway below | News World

4 staff have been killed and 6 extra are in hospital after a freeway beneath development collapsed.

There have been 10 individuals working on the development web site close to town of Cheonan in South Korea at round 10am native time on Tuesday when elevated elements of the freeway collapsed.

The employees fell and have been trapped within the rubble, with emergency companies having to dig them out.

Dramatic footage confirmed a piece of the bridge collapsing, sending a big cloud of mud and smoke into the air.

Dashcam from a automotive driving away from the realm confirmed two sections of the street bridge collapsing, as staff used cranes to connect horizontal concrete sections to upright piers.

Ko Kyung-man, a hearth service official in Anseong, defined: ‘They have been working to put in a deck on the bridge.

‘The entire ten have been up on the deck… and fell from either side when it collapsed.’

Appearing president Choi Sang-mok ordered all accessible rescue personnel and tools to try to free the crushed staff.

Nearly 150 firefighters and three helicopters have been despatched to the scene.

One man was discovered lifeless immediately, with eight extra discovered injured and rushed to hospital, the place two of the employees have since been declared lifeless.

The tenth employee, who was lacking for hours, was ultimately discovered lifeless beneath the rubble.

The reason for the collapse, about 40miles (65km) south of the capital Seoul, continues to be not recognized.

Hyundai Engineering, the corporate liable for the location, has apologised and promised to cooperate with any investigation into the collapse.

A spokesperson informed The Occasions: ‘We sincerely bow our heads in apology to those that misplaced their treasured lives and have been injured within the accident at our development web site.

‘We’re actively co-operating with the related authorities to make sure a immediate decision on-site.’

South Korea has a poor security document for industrial accidents, which noticed greater than 8,000 work-related deaths between 2020-2023.

Nearly 600 staff died in 2023, in response to official figures, and half of these have been working in development.

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