By Euronews | Created at 2025-03-25 11:26:38 | Updated at 2025-04-03 10:54:51
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Updated: 25/03/2025 - 10:49 GMT+1
A 20-metre-wide sinkhole in eastern Seoul collapsed beneath traffic, injuring a woman and trapping a motorcyclist, whose body was found after a 17-hour search.
A motorcyclist who fell into a massive sinkhole in the South Korean capital Seoul was found dead after a 17-hour search, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
The sinkhole, roughly 20 metres wide and deep, opened at an intersection in Myeongil-dong on Monday afternoon, swallowing the motorcyclist and injuring a woman in a passing van. Emergency teams recovered the man’s body before noon Tuesday, along with his motorcycle and phone.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has called for an investigation into the cause of the collapse to prevent future incidents.
