‘Crumpled train’… Eight people injured after derailing the monorail in Yogyakji

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The monorail, which emerged as a new tourist attraction in Tongyeong, Gyeongnam, derailed with passengers on board.

Eight passengers were injured when it went off the track and fell 4,5 meters down.

This is reporter Kim Soo-geun’s report.

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The steel train’s ceilings are severely crumpled, and the passengers in their seats are stuck.

People lift up the tattered ceiling and come to the rescue.

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“I must have been hurt a lot, really… I came here to have a good time, what happened…”

At around 2pm today, the tourist monorail train, which was entering the platform at Yokjido, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, deviated from the railroad track and fell 5 meters below.

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“Because the roof is all crushed to the height of the chair… I don’t give announcements and I don’t answer phone calls…”

Eight passengers were transported to the hospital by fire helicopter and suffered injuries such as broken legs, but fortunately there were no life-threatening injuries.

The monorail was scheduled to be closed for track maintenance from tomorrow, but an accident occurred on the last day of operation.

This monorail was also stopped in June last year because defects were found in 55 rails.

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Black smoke rises from all over the reed fields.

At around 11 am today, a fire broke out in the reed field at Hwaseong Dinosaur Egg Fossil, Gyeonggi-do.

With the wind blowing in the dry weather, five firefighting helicopters were mobilized to extinguish the fire in three hours.

At around 6:30 am this morning, a fire broke out on a bus running on the road inside Seoul National University, and three people including the driver and passengers were evacuated.

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At around 8 pm yesterday evening, a portable gas stove butane gas exploded at a restaurant in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, injuring 5 customers.

It is presumed that the gas stove overheated due to using an excessively large fire plate.

Also, at the same time, at the Yeongjong Island dock in Incheon, a woman in her 30s, who had climbed on the breakwater and set off fireworks, fell into the sea 4 meters below and was safely rescued by the Coast Guard.

This is MBC News reporter Kim Soo-geun.

Video provided by viewers Hojeong Cheon and Hongki Kim, Jeonju Deokjin Fire Station in Jeonbuk, Gwanak Fire Station in Seoul, Incheon Marine Police Station / Video Source: YouTube ‘Haru Course Trip’ / Video Editing: Park Hye-yeon

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