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Korail Employee in His 50s Crushed to Death While Shunting at Uiwang Station

(Uiwang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sol = Around 7:20 a.m. on the 29th, at Uiwang Station on the Gyeongbu Line, a male Korail employee in his 50s, identified as A, was connecting and disconnecting a locomotive and a freight car...

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A Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail) employee in his 50s died after being run over by a train while performing shunting operations to connect and disconnect locomotives and freight cars at Uiwang Station on the Gyeongbu Line. According to Korail, the accident resulting in the death of one employee occurred within the station premises around 7:20 a.m. on the 29th. Immediately after the accident, Korail...

(Uiwang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sol = Around 7:20 a.m. on the 29th, at Uiwang Station on the Gyeongbu Line, a male Korail employee in his 50s, identified as A, was connecting and disconnecting a locomotive and a freight car...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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On the morning of the 29th, an accident occurred at Uiwang Station in Gyeonggi Province in which a Korail employee was killed after being run over by a train, and the police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor are investigating the circumstances of the accident. According to the Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), a man in his 50s, identified as Mr. A, died after being run over by a train inside Uiwang Station around 7:20 a.m. on that day…

A man in his 50s, identified as Mr. A, an employee of the Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), died after being run over by a train while performing shunting operations to connect and disconnect cars at Uiwang Station on the Gyeongbu Line around 7:20 a.m. on the 29th.

A Korail employee died after being crushed by a train while connecting and disconnecting a locomotive and freight cars at Uiwang Station in Gyeonggi Province. According to fire authorities and other sources on the 29th, a report was received around 7:20 a.m. on the 29th from a station official stating, "It appears an employee has been crushed by a train" within the premises of Uiwang Station on the Gyeongbu Line in Sam-dong, Uiwang-si. Firefight…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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