<Anchor> We will
deliver news of incidents and accidents overnight. Yesterday (7th) at a resort in Gangwon-do during the daytime, a woman in her 30s while riding an aerial ride fell and was seriously injured.
Correspondent Han So-hee.
<Reporter>
The operation of the zip track, an aerial amusement ride installed at a large resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, has been completely suspended.
This is because yesterday at around 12:30 noon, a female passenger in her 30s who was riding this ride fell and was seriously injured.
[Zip track official: I'm telling you to stop. Sorry. I'm sorry.]
It is an amusement ride that goes down along the entire 280m long rail, but the rail broke at about 180m.
A passenger in a saddle connected by a rail and string fell 5 meters down.
[Police official: (Rail) Between the seams, there is a reinforcement material in it, but it broke at the impact... As the joint of the rail breaks... .] The
victim was wearing protective gear such as a helmet, but suffered serious head injuries.
The police are investigating the exact cause of the accident, including why the safety net was not installed.
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Fire continued overnight.
At around 8 pm yesterday evening, a fire broke out at a plastics factory in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do.
At the time of the fire, the factory was not in operation, so there were no casualties, but about 1,200 square meters of five factories were burned, resulting in property damage of 226 million won.
Police and fire departments said that it took six hours to extinguish the fire because there were a lot of plastic raw materials and equipment in the factory.
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At around
0:10
this morning, a fire broke out on the 4th floor of a 5th floor apartment in Sapa-dong, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do.
The fire was extinguished in 20 minutes, but three residents inhaled the smoke and were taken to the hospital.