Woman Killed Stuck in Train and Screen Door
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
A 50-year-old woman was killed in an accident Tuesday night on the platform of Hwagok Subway Station on line 5. The woman became stuck between a moving train and a protecting screen door, which was under construction.
She seemed drunk with tottering steps, while talking on the phone, and managed to get off the subway train but became stuck in a screen door as the train departed, a rescue team said, citing CCTV footage and witnesses
The station has been setting up a screen door on the platform to prevent possible accidents and suicide attempts. But it is not complete.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to complete the construction of screen doors at all the subway stations by next year. Out of the total 265 stations, only 40 stations have completed construction with 90 stations underway.