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I saw the river swollen and I yelled “Don’t cross”
Incoming vehicle avoids a sudden fall in reverse
Park Gwang-jin is blocking traffic in front of the Songjeong Bridge in Jinbu-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, just before the collapse on the 3rd. About 30 seconds after Park blocked the vehicles, the middle of the bridge began to to collapse. Provided by Pyeongchang-gun, CCTV capture
The story of residents blocking single vehicle traffic in front of the bridge just before the bridge collapsed under the influence of Typhoon No. 9 ‘Mysak’ is a hot topic.
Around 7:26 am on the 3rd, the Songjeong Bridge in Songjeong-ri, Jinbu-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, began to sink into the river with a sharp rise. Park Gwang-jin (59, photo), who lives in the village directly across from the bridge, witnessed the scene through a window on the second floor. The water was constantly filling up and there was great concern about flooding. Park, who has a lot of experience on the construction site as an excavator engineer, instantly felt the danger. It was time to go to work, so the traffic was frequent.
Park informed the village chief of the situation by phone and ran out of the house. This is around 7:28 am. Just two minutes, the new leg noticeably collapsed. Just in time, a vehicle crossing the bridge burst onto the bridge. Park, holding an umbrella, stood in front of the bridge and gestured toward the vehicle, saying, “Don’t cross. Avoid it. ”The vehicle flashed its hazard lights as if it recognized Park’s hand signal and hurried back. Vehicles entering to cross the bridge from Park’s side were also stopped by Park and changed direction.
After about 30 seconds, some of the legs collapsed. The driver of the reversing vehicle saw the scene and swept his chest before even crossing it. If Mr. Park didn’t restrain him, it was a dizzying situation that could lead to a major accident. Park’s actions that day were captured on a nearby closed circuit television (CC).
After a while, the village chief, village office staff, and the police were also dispatched to block vehicle traffic. In a phone call with Bonbo, Mr. Park said: “The railing was slightly bent and the top plate of the bridge sagged, so I felt that if I left it as is, I felt like a big accident would happen. Said. Choi Jong-yeol (60), the driver of the vehicle who returned after crossing the bridge due to Park’s restriction, thanked him for finding out Park’s contact information after an investigation on the 4th. Mr. Choi said, ” One of the people urged her to sign and looked at her legs slowly because it was strange, but she seemed to have sagged a bit so she started to move backwards. ” That’s.”
The Songjeong Bridge, built in 1989, is 150 m long and 8 m wide and connects Hajinburi and Songjeong-ri. According to Pyeongchang-gun, this typhoon caused heavy rains of more than 225mm in Jinbu-myeon.
Pyeongchang = Reporter Lee In-mo [email protected]
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