Man struck, killed by train in southern Seoul

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Passengers check their delayed train schedules on an electronic bulletin board at Seoul Station in central Seoul on Wednesday morning. Line 1 subway trains in both directions and KTX and general trains experienced delays for nearly two hours after a man was struck by a KTX train that morning. [YONHAP]
Passengers check their delayed train schedules on an electronic bulletin board at Seoul Station in central Seoul on Wednesday morning. Line 1 subway trains in both directions and KTX and general trains experienced delays for nearly two hours after a man was struck by a KTX train that morning.

A man was hit and killed by a KTX bullet train on Wednesday morning at around 5:30 a.m. near Gasan Digital Complex Station in Seoul after illegally entering the railway tracks, said police.

It has not been confirmed why he entered the tracks. 

Line 1 subway trains in both directions and KTX and general trains experienced delays for at least two hours following the incident.

BY LEE SUNG-EUN [lee.sungeun@joongang.co.kr]

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