SEOUL: Two women were swept away by waves at a beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Saturday (June 6), leaving one dead and the other hospitalised.
The Gangneung Coast Guard Station said it received a report of two people struggling in the water at 5.09am. A coastal patrol team pulled both women from the water using rescue ropes.
One of the victims, a woman in her 30s, was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead.
The other woman, in her 20s, is receiving treatment at a hospital for hypothermia.
The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the accident based on witness accounts that the two were swept away by high waves while taking photographs. - The Korea Herald/ANN
