Four dead in collapse at South Korea subway construction site


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Jun 2016

South Korean rescue workers search a subway construction site after an accident in Namyangju, northeast of Seoul, South Korea, 01 June 2016. - EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN

SEOUL (Reuters) - Four workers were killed and eight injured when a subway construction site collapsed near the South Korean capital, Seoul, early on Wednesday, the fire department in the city of Namyangju told Reuters.

The cause of the collapse had not yet been determined, the fire department and the Korea Rail Network Authority said.

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