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South Korea: 14 feared dead in accident during concert

South Korea: 14 feared dead in accident during concert

| | 18 Oct 2014, 01:09 am
Seoul, Oct 17 : At least 14 people are feared dead and 11 others got injured after a facility covering a ventilation window at an outdoor theater crashed during a concert near South Korea's capital city Seoul on Friday, media reports said.

The accident took place at 5:53 p.m. at Pangyo Techno Valley, a multi-purpose complex for technological firms, in Seongnam, Yonhap News Agency reported.

 

About 700 people were attending a concert organized by a provincial agency.

 

The ventilation grate collapsed which resulted in the falling of a group of concert-goers 20 metres (65ft) into an underground parking area, said reports.