Dozen people injured in escalator accident in Bundang
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Published: 08 Jun. 2023, 10:10 Updated: 08 Jun. 2023, 12:23

Dozen people injured in escalator accident in Bundang

An injured person laying on the floor of the Sunae subway station in Bundang, Gyeonggi, on Thursday. Some 14 people were injured after an escalator malfunctioned. [GYEONGGI DISASTER AND SAFETY HEADQUARTERS]

An injured person laying on the floor of the Sunae subway station in Bundang, Gyeonggi, on Thursday. Some 14 people were injured after an escalator malfunctioned. [GYEONGGI DISASTER AND SAFETY HEADQUARTERS]

Some 14 people were reportedly injured in an escalator accident at Sunae Station on the Bundang Line in Gyeonggi.
 
According to safety authorities, at 8:20 a.m., an escalator heading upward toward exit No. 2 unexpectedly started moving downward, throwing people off the escalator.
 
 
Three people were reported to have been seriously injured.

BY LEE HO-JEONG [lee.hojeong@joongang.co.kr]
tags Bundang Subway Escalator

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