A worker who went missing at the underground tunnel construction site of the Shin-Ansan Line in Gyeonggi's Gwangmyeong was found dead after 124 hours since the accident occurred.
According to the Fire Agency on the 16th, A, a worker in his 50s associated with POSCO Engineering & Construction, who went missing right after the collapse, was found at around 6:30 p.m. during the search process. After confirming part of A's body with an endoscopic camera, it is reported that the whole body was confirmed at around 8:03 p.m. at a depth of 21 meters.
Hong Geon-pyo, head of the fire prevention division at Gwangmyeong Fire Station, said, "Today, on the sixth day, we removed debris using excavators and cranes and searched up to the section containing the container where the missing person was presumed to be," and added, "We recovered the missing person and transported them to the hospital, but I am sorry that I could not convey the rescue news to the family of the missing person, who awaited with hopeful eyes."
He also noted, "According to the rescue team, the recovered missing person was in a state with a lot of debris," adding that the individual was found not far from the container where they were last seen, and the state of the container was not intact.
A went missing while working at the underground tunnel construction site of the Shin-Ansan Line section 5-2 in Iljik-dong, Gwangmyeong, at around 3:13 p.m. on the 11th, when the structure collapsed along with the upper road.
B, a man in his 20s who was trapped at the accident site along with A, was dramatically rescued at around 4:27 a.m. on the following day, the 12th. B is reported to be in stable condition.
According to the fire authorities, survivor B was able to make phone calls from the beginning of the isolation, but A's mobile phone repeatedly turned on and off right after the accident. It is reported that after one hour post-accident, the power was completely off, making it impossible to track the location.