Bridge collapse in South Korea kills at least three people

Two dead, seven injured in South Korean bridge collapse​

This dashcam video grab made available on Feb 25, 2025 by Yonhap news agency shows a bridge collapsing at an expressway construction site in Cheonan. (Photo: AFP/Yonhap)

25 Feb 2025 11:23AM (Updated: 25 Feb 2025 01:31PM)

SEOUL: Two people were killed and seven injured after a bridge collapsed at an expressway construction site in South Korea on Tuesday (Feb 25), authorities said.

Local media aired dramatic footage of what appeared to be a section of the bridge collapsing, sending a massive cloud of smoke into the air.

Two people died, six were seriously injured and one suffered a minor injury, according to a statement from the National Fire Agency.

Authorities are still searching for one person, it added.
Rescue workers participate in a salvage operation at a collapsed highway construction site in Anseong, South Korea, on Feb 25, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji)
Rescue workers participate in a salvage operation at a collapsed highway construction site in Cheonan, South Korea on Feb 25, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji)
An interior ministry official told AFP that the injured were being transported to hospitals.

The incident took place at around 9.50am (8.50am, Singapore time) in Anseong, around 65km south of the South Korean capital.

Authorities had initially said it took place in the nearby city of Cheonan, but later corrected that claim.

Five 50m steel structures supporting the highway bridge collapsed one after another after being hoisted into place by a crane, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Acting President Choi Sang-mok has issued urgent directives to mobilise all available resources and personnel for the rescue operation.

According to data from Seoul's labour ministry, more than 8,000 work-related deaths occurred in the country from 2020 to 2023.
Rescue workers participate in a salvage operation at a collapsed highway construction site in Cheonan, South Korea on Feb 25, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji)

South Korea is learning from China communist

Nothing new. I'd worked with the South Koreans before and trust me, they are no better than the Chinese. They will cut corners at every opportunity and possibility.

riceberry said:

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I also very scared whenever my Roong Reung coach from Airport to Pattaya jammed at the 7-storey high flyover.

winners said:

Nothing new. I'd worked with the South Koreans before and trust me, they are no better than the Chinese. They will cut corners at every opportunity and possibility.

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China is the best and China never cut corner . Pls don’t tarnish China good reputation

ChenShuang said:

China is the best and China never cut corner . Pls don’t tarnish China good reputation

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Tell me what about the fake eggs, the melamine milk powder, etc, etc? Why also so many Chinese EVs catch fires?

winners said:

Tell me what about the fake eggs, the melamine milk powder, etc, etc? Why also so many Chinese EVs catch fires?

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Fake news la. People are envy of China success