<Anchor> On the
evening of the 21st yesterday, the Gimpo Gold Line train between Seoul and Gimpo New City suddenly stopped, causing an accident in which 400 passengers during the time of work were trapped for more than an hour.
The operation resumed after three hours, but passengers who were evacuating by the track were injured or complained of breathing difficulties.
This is Kang Cheong-wan.
<Reporter>
Passengers are standing densely inside the train that has stopped.
[What do you mean.
To walk out...
.]
At around 6:30 yesterday evening, a train from Gimpo Airport Station to Gochon Station suddenly stopped, and the vehicle that followed was also stopped, causing more than 400 passengers to be trapped inside the vehicle.
[Hong Yonggi/Gimpo Citizen: The train suddenly stopped.
Because I can't get in touch at all.
People are just clamoring...
.]
About an hour later, the railroad operator, Gimpo Gold Line, disembarked the passengers and then walked about 2km through the evacuation route installed on the track and moved to the next station, Gochon Station.
In the process, some passengers stumbled and complained of injuries or difficulty breathing.
[Seo Jae-eun/Gimpo Citizen: After looking at the person in front of me, I fell down with chewing gum...
.
I got hurt a lot.
The
train resumed operation around 9:45 p.m., 3 hours and 10 minutes after the accident, but the remaining 18 trains were not able to operate in the entire section of the up and down line, causing great inconvenience to the passengers during work hours. .
Only one employee is employed per station at the Gimpo Gold Line, and protests from passengers poured out after the accident.
The Gimpo Gold Line side is identifying the cause of the accident as the emergency braking system installed on an unmanned electric vehicle suddenly activated and the vehicle stopped.