Sinkhole swallows car in Yeonhui-dong, injuring two people
Published: 29 Aug. 2024, 14:13
Updated: 29 Aug. 2024, 17:16
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- LEE SOO-JUNG
- lee.soojung1@joongang.co.kr
![A Tivoli SUV is swallowed up by a sinkhole that appeared on a road in Seodaemun District, western Seoul on Thursday morning. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/29/d59cd072-0ec3-4c2b-ac40-0c47b6ba1e82.jpg)
A Tivoli SUV is swallowed up by a sinkhole that appeared on a road in Seodaemun District, western Seoul on Thursday morning. [YONHAP]
Two people were seriously injured after a sinkhole on a road swallowed their car in Yeonhui-dong in Seodaemun District, western Seoul, on Thursday.
According to fire authorities, a Tivoli SUV sank into Seongsan-ro as it headed toward Seongsan Bridge at around 11:26 a.m.
A woman passenger in her 70s and a driver in his 80s were transported to a nearby hospital. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed on the woman passenger as she was initially found in a state of cardiac arrest.
The JoongAng Ilbo reported that her pulse returned later.
First responders are clearing and restricting access to the site.
![First responders oversee a site where a sudden road sinkhole swallowed a Tivoli SUV in Seodaemun District, western Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/29/c960224f-4445-4e91-ad8e-4469de45acdd.jpg)
First responders oversee a site where a sudden road sinkhole swallowed a Tivoli SUV in Seodaemun District, western Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]
BY KIM EUN-BIN [lee.soojung1@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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