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Around 7:30 am on the 3rd, when heavy rains of more than 225mm were poured out due to the typhoon, Songjeong Bridge in front of Songjeong 4-ri Town, Jinbu-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, started to twist the top plate into the swollen river. Park Gwang-jin (59), a resident of Songjeong 4-ri village, who has been monitoring the condition of the bridge since 7 a.m. that day, hurriedly left and waved his arm towards the vehicle passing over the bridge, indicating to come back. The car, which had passed the middle of the bridge, saw Park’s signal, flashed a light, and drove back. Less than a minute later, the upper leg could not bear the current and was cut off, causing some collapse. If Mr. Park did not lock the vehicle, it was a dizzying moment that almost caused human damage. The performance of ‘Song Jeong-gyo’s hero’ was captured on the security camera installed by Pyeongchang-gun.
Park said in a telephone interview on the 4th: “Yesterday was the most rewarding day I have ever lived and saved people.” He is an excavator driver with 40 years of experience. He has gained experience in various bridge construction sites. Two years ago, he moved to nearby Songjeonggyo at the entrance to 4ri village, where 580 residents live. The distance from the bridge to the house was only 30 m, so it was possible to check the status of the bridge in real time.
Mr. Park said: “When I saw it from the window around 7 am, the shape of the bridge was strange.” “I ran to the scene because I was worried about what would happen if the bridge collapsed in the rising river.” From 7:30, the full-blown rush hour, vehicle traffic increased. As the vehicle passed, I could see the center of the bridge swaying like a rocking bridge. He said: “From the side, the leg rails were bent and the upper middle plate sagged from a ‘一’ to a ‘V’ shape, so we could feel the danger.” I heard. “Later, he went to check the vehicle alone.
He called Hong Joon-gyun, 49, head of the house at 7:26 a.m. M. And he said, “Your legs are shaking from the rising river” and “If you don’t act quickly, the car will fall into the water.” Later, Lee Jang Hong sent an emergency text message to 580 villagers saying, “Don’t cross the bridge,” and informed the construction department of Jinbu-myeon’s office that “the village bridge is dangerous.”
Employees from Myeon’s office visited other flood damage sites, received a call from Lee Chang, and rushed to Song Jeong-gyo’s accident site. Songjeonggyo is an ancient bridge that has been built more than 30 years ago, so it was repaired several years ago. There are three bridges, including a pedestrian bridge, in the five Songjeong villages, and the Songjeong Bridge, located upstream, has the most vehicles. This is because you have to cross this bridge to enter Songjeong Town. It is the representative door of the town.
Mr. Park said, “I didn’t even know in a dream that even an old bridge would collapse into the river.” He helped recover from the floods in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, early in the morning. He used an excavator to dig a path blocked by a landslide. Mr. Park said, “Today I was asked by an acquaintance to come to the flood recovery site, so I quit a day of work and left my hand.”
