At least 149 people died in the Seoul stampede! Most of the young girls were scared and screamed for help at the scene.
According to Yonhap News Agency , on the evening of October 29, a large-scale stampede occurred in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea.
According to the fire department statistics , as of 6 a.m. on the 30th, the accident had killed 149 people and injured 76 people.
reported that it is miserable and painful for people attending the Halloween party in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea.
On a narrow street, suddenly squeezed into almost 100,000 people,
I think everyone is excited, but before they reach their destination, their emotions take a sharp turn...
This is the scene before the incident. You can see that although this alley is narrow, it is already crowded with people.
21-year-old Park Jung-hoon told reporters, "You can see a lot of people gathering together on Christmas or when setting off fireworks,
, but this time it is ten times more than before."
This large-scale stampede in Ritayuan, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea, has reached a very high number of casualties!
Halloween is approaching, and an excessive number of people are gathered in Itaewon . At around 11:30 p.m. on the 29th, dozens of people were crushed and trampled by the crowd near the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon Center, and
partly fell into a cardiac arrest. The animation shows the seconds before the stampede accident. People cannot move at all and can only "sway left and right". If they did not get up from the ground, they would be trapped in their original position.
It can be seen from the video that a man is climbing on the street, trying to get out. But he was crushed to death!
scene is comparable to hell. You can see from the photos posted on Weibo that
streets are crowded, and the Korean media also announced the main location of the stampede incident. Most people in
were found in the alley. Korean media said that most of the victims of are girls in their 20s, and the youngest of
is only 16 years old. "JTBC" said that the main reason for the conflict was a narrow alley behind the Hamilton Hotel.
is a video that was circulated on Twitter that a group of people were squeezed into the alley and could not move. They had to rely on police and police personnel to pull out the rescue to shoot the film.
Twitter also posted an empty photo of Itaewon on the night of Halloween. I saw that the street was squeezed by the crowd and there was no gap at all.
was full of black heads and it was difficult to walk. The people at the scene pointed out that
was difficult to breathe because there were too many people, and they said bluntly: "It's over if you fall."
It is said that some people felt something was wrong and wanted to escape, but there was no way. If
accidentally fell, they would be in danger of their lives.
That night, the fire department received a call from 81 coming up from near Itaewon, saying that they had problems breathing.
So, the rescue team set out immediately to perform CPR on the patients who had a stampede accident.
at about 11:50 pm, the fire department issued three phases of fire extinguishing reaction instructions and increased the number of search and rescue personnel.
In addition, the fire department also set up an emergency medical center at Litaiyuan Station near Hanjiang Road, and
treats the injured. Seoul University Hospital, Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital, and
Hanyang University Hospital Disaster Medical Support Team also arrived one after another to rescue the injured. The cause and details of the
accident are still under further investigation, and local police officers are also collecting relevant evidence in order to find out the facts as soon as possible.
In addition, news organizations also said that such large-scale casualties in downtown Seoul are rare, and
also counts the worst accident deaths in South Korea in the past 30 years.
In October 1994, the Han River broke out in the central part of Seoul Shui Bridge, Seoul, and
32 students died on a passing bus and 17 were injured.
Seoul Sanfeng Department Store collapsed in June 1995, killing 502 people and injuring 937 people.
A fire incident occurred in the Daegu subway in February 2003, killing 192 people and injuring 151 people. In February 2014, the roof of a gymnasium in
Gyeongju collapsed, killing 10 people and injuring 204 people, including a student from the Busan Foreign Languages Institute.
Students from Tanyuan Middle School were on the Sewol liner at Tanyuan Middle School and sank on the way to Jeju Island.
304 people were killed and 142 were injured.
Regarding this accident, it was previously reported that witnesses said that a sudden push of force appeared on the slope of
, pushing down the downhill person down, causing a stampede accident.
South Korean President Yoon Seo-yeol held an "emergency verification meeting" at the Yongsan Presidential Office earlier on the 30th.
According to police, the number of dead is still growing, most of which have been found in alleys near the bar, and
is now conducting a second search to determine if there are more victims.
