Two subway trains collide in Seoul, around 200 injured

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Two subway trains collide in Seoul, around 200 injured

Updated: 2014-05-02 PM 6:58:55 (KST)

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Now onto another accident that occured this Friday afternoon, here in Seoul.

Two subway trains collided with one another, causing around 200 injuries.

Let's go directly to our Kwon So-a for the latest.

So-a, how serious is the situation? Have there been any major injuries reported?

Chery, a subway train traveling on Line 2, that was heading from I Sangwangsimni Station to Seongsu Station, collided with a subway train that was stationary,.. at around 3:30 p.m. Korea time.

A fire chief said around an hour ago at a briefing, that 200 people have been injured, including two foreigners.

Around 150 are being treated at 12 local area hospitals.

Two people are said to have suffered bone fractures, and one of the drivers involved in the accident, was seriously injured and is undergoing an operation.

Do we know what caused the two trains to collide?

Witnesses say one of the trains seemed to be having technical problems, that it was slowing down, and stopped and started a number of times before it crashed into the subway car ahead of it.

They say they heard a loud crashing noise, and that many inside the subway cars fell due to the impact.

The lights also went off immediately.

Victims said they did not receive any instructions nor did they hear any announcements for about fifteen or twenty minutes, causing a lot of confusion and disruption.

However, the CEO of Seoul Metro said in a briefing that around 5 minutes after the crash, the first announcements were made in both subways.

Passengers said they had to force the subway doors open and escape on the subway tracks to the next station.

The cause of the accident still needs to be investigated on.

What we do know is that the two subways were not automatic but manually driven by these drivers.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced earlier that it will organize a central countermeasures headquarter to look into the possible cause.

Meanwhile the Seoul Metro CEO said that the next briefing will be held at 9 p.m. while recovery of the accident would be completed by around 10 p.m.

Alright, thank you for that report and do keep us updated.

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Subway train crash in South Korean capital Seoul injures 200 passengers

Most of the injured suffered minor abrasions, hospital officials say, with the most serious injuries appearing to be concussion and head trauma

PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 May, 2014, 4:06pm
UPDATED : Friday, 02 May, 2014, 9:08pm

Agencies in Seoul

The two damaged subway trains at the point of collision. Photo: Reuters

South Korea suffered its second serious transport accident in just over two weeks on Friday when a subway train in the capital, Seoul, crashed into a train at a station, injuring 200 people although no one was killed.

The country is still mourning the victims of a ferry accident on April 16, when 300 people were killed or are missing in the submerged hull of a capsized ship in the country’s worst disaster in 20 years.

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Most of those hurt in the mid-afternoon accident on Friday appeared to have suffered minor abrasions, according to emergency officials at Sangwangsimni station in the east of the capital, although one person was being treated for a brain haemorrhage and one for a fracture.

Witnesses said one train was leaving Sangwangsimni station in the east of the capital when it was hit from the rear by an incoming train.

The shattered windscreen in the conductor's cabin of one of subway trains in the collision. Photo: Reuters

One subway car was derailed and passengers walked a short distance along the tracks to the station, YTN television said.

Seoul Metro official Chung Soo-young said the accident was caused by a signal failure and that two subway cars were derailed.

Many of the injuries were caused by passengers jumping from the subway cars onto the tracks, a government emergency official said.

“I fell forwards maybe two or three metres,” said Lee Dong-hyeon, 26, an office worker on the train that crashed into the one stopped at the station. “It was like tripping over when running really fast.”

A witness who said he was a passenger in one of the trains said it rammed into a train in front of it as it approached a station. He said he saw blood on the floor of a train car.

Official examine the two damaged subway trains at the point of collision. Photo: Reuters

An onboard announcement initially told passengers to stay inside, but most people ignored it and forced the doors open to escape, he said.

Most those who died in the ferry sinking off the southwest coast on April 16 were schoolchildren who were told by the crew to stay inside the vessel, even as the crew left.

The sinking and the deaths of hundreds of schoolchildren has hit President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating.

A Gallup Korea poll issued on Friday showed her rating had plunged by 11 percentage points in the past two weeks to 48 per cent.

The two damaged subway trains at the point of collision. Photo: Reuters

 

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So many unfortunate things happening in this yingyang taoist country.

Satan must be wrecking havoc right now.

 

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Seoul subway train got faulty signal before crash

Cause of crash a malfunction in the automatic distance control system, CEO of Seoul Metro says

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 03 May, 2014, 8:14pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 03 May, 2014, 8:14pm

Associated Press in Seoul

Mechanics try to repair one of the trains that collided in Seoul on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

A subway train got a faulty ‘go’ signal before it ploughed into another train in the South Korean capital, slightly injuring more than 240 people, the subway operator said on Saturday.

Though the case is still under investigation, the malfunction in the automatic distance control system is presumed to have caused the crash on Friday afternoon, Chang Jung-woo, CEO of Seoul Metro, told reporters.

“Normally, the signal should be given in the order of ‘stop’ and then ‘caution.’ But at the time of the accident the signal was given in the order of ‘stop,’ and then ‘go-ahead’,” Chang said.

The driver of the moving train applied its emergency brakes after noticing the stopped train ahead, but wasn’t able to halt it in time, Chang said.

Workers try to restore subway operations at Sangwangsimni Station on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

Hospitals treated 249 people, mostly for bruises and minor injuries, though three had surgeries for broken bones, according to Seoul Metro.

Lee Dong-hyun, a passenger on the moving train, described chaos after the crash. “It stopped suddenly ... and everyone screamed,” he said. Lee said the door leading to the next car was crushed and couldn’t be opened.

The report said the crew of both cars instructed passengers to evacuate and walk to the next station through the tracks. The announcement on the stopped car was made right after the accident, while the moving car told its passengers to wait inside, then announced an evacuation seven minutes after the accident.

People in South Korea are mindful of safety practices, or lack thereof, because the captain of the ferry that sunk April 16, killing hundreds, has been condemned for waiting 30 minutes to issue an evacuation order as the ship sank.