SEOUL, South Korea - Another tragedy struck the K-Pop industry. The K-pop stars " 4-Minute " were performing to a packed
audience of 700 at a Pankyo Techno Valley Culture Festival in Seongnam, South Korea on Friday, October 17, when
some of the crowd climbed onto a structure to get a better view. Unfortunately, that structure was a ventilation grate, and under the weight of all those people, it collapsed. The concertgoers fell as far as 33 feet down a concrete shaft.
The 4-Minute Group still performing unaware of the accident.
4-Minute during their live performance (Not related to the accident)
On the YTN television network showed the band continuing to dance for
a while in front of a crowd that appeared to be unaware of the
accident.
Dozens of people were shown standing next to the ventilation grate,
gazing into the dark gaping hole where people had been standing to watch
the performance. YTN said the ventilation grate was about 10 to 12 feet
wide.
Seongnam city spokesman Kim Nam-jun announced that at least 16 people have died so far, with eleven more being seriously injured. Police and rescue workers have arrived at the scene and confirmed that many of the dead and injured appeared to be
commuters who stopped to watch the concert after leaving work. Most of
the dead were men in their 30s and 40s, while five were women in their
20s and 30s, they said.
Note: This is a developing story so there might be inconsistencies. Pray for their souls. R.I.P.
Raw Footage of the Grate Collapse at the 4-Minute Concert
Photos of the scene in Seongnam, just south of Seoul,
showed a deep concrete shaft under the broken grate. Rescue workers stand around a collapsed ventilation grate.
This pic shows how many people tried to go up to ventilation hole in Seongnam to take photos of " 4minute " before accident.
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won visited an emergency center in Seongnam
and urged officials to focus on helping the victims’ families and ensure
the injured get proper treatment, Kim said.
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