SEOUL, March 25 (AJP) - A motorcyclist was found dead on Tuesday after being swallowed by a large sinkhole that abruptly opened in a busy intersection in eastern Seoul, Monday night.
The incident occurred at 6:29 p.m. on Monday near an elementary school in the Gangdong-gu. Another driver narrowly avoided injury as the road collapsed beneath him. The sudden collapse prompted the closure of four schools in the vicinity.
The cause of the sinkhole is under investigation, raising questions about the maintenance and stability of Seoul’s aging infrastructure. The incident has renewed anxieties about the potential for similar collapses in a city crisscrossed by underground subway lines and utility tunnels.
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Han Jun-gu
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