Seoul (AFP) - Concerns about
public safety standards in South Korea have been fuelled by shocking
CCTV images of a young couple being swallowed up by a sinkhole that
opened at their feet on the sidewalk in Seoul.
The
footage, which has gone viral on social networking sites, shows the
couple plunging through the paved sidewalk, shortly after alighting from
a bus in the South Korean capital, as other passers-by look on in
horror.
The incident happened near an apartment construction site last Friday -- the end of the three-day Lunar New Year holiday.
Firefighters
rescued the young man and woman who fell 10 feet (three meters).
Neither of them was seriously injured and both were discharged from
hospital after receiving treatment.
South
Korean President Park Geun-Hye vowed an overhaul of national safety
standards after the Sewol ferry tragedy in April last year that claimed
more than 300 lives.
In
October, 16 people were killed and nine seriously injured when a
ventilation grate collapsed at an outdoor pop concert in the city of
Seongnam south of Seoul.
On
Tuesday, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ordered a
nationwide survey of construction sites and their immediate surroundings
to check for dangers like sinkholes and other subsidence.
Original post found here: http://news.yahoo.com/sinkhole-swallows-korean-couple-150426100.html
No comments:
Post a Comment