The incident occurred at around 9:50 a.m. when a steel reinforcement structure fell from a bridge under construction on a highway between Anseong and Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, connecting Seoul to the administrative city of Sejong.
Ten workers who were working at the time fell and got trapped. Among them were three Chinese, with two killed and one seriously injured.
Nearly 200 firefighters and police officers were immediately deployed to the scene to search and rescue the workers trapped underneath the bridge.
Builder Hyundai Engineering apologized for the incident. "We are working closely with relevant authorities to ensure a swift recovery and conduct a thorough investigation into the exact cause," it said in a statement.
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