Busan Yeongdo Police Station Investigates Safety Accident During Slope Unloading Operation
A tragic accident occurred when a large spool of fishing net fiber rolled onto the sidewalk, killing a third-grade elementary school girl who was on her way to school.
The Yeongdo Police Station in Busan announced on the 28th that a 1.5-ton fiber roll rolled down a slope during unloading operations, struck a safety fence, and then hit pedestrians, resulting in four casualties.
According to the police, at around 8:31 a.m. that day, a cylindrical fiber roll rolled down a sloped road in Cheonghak-dong, Yeongdo-gu, and struck three third-grade elementary school students and one woman in her 30s who were walking on the sidewalk.
The safety fence, unable to withstand the weight of the large spool that had gained momentum on the slope, collapsed about 10 meters, and the spool directly hit the pedestrians. As a result of this accident, elementary school student A passed away, and another female student, a male student, and a woman in her 30s were injured.
The police will investigate the exact cause of the accident and whether there was any negligence regarding safety measures by the personnel involved in the unloading operation at the scene.
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