【韓国】野外イベント換気口崩落事故、担当者が自殺か 亡くなる直前にSNS投稿していた

17日に、韓国の野外イベント会場で起きた事故で、担当者の一人が自殺したとみられる。この担当者は亡くなる直前にSNSにコメントを投稿していた。
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SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 17: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout picture provided by the Park Young-Dae-Donga Daily, Rescue workers stand around a collapsed ventilation grate on October 17, 2014 in Seongnam, South Korea. People on ventilation grate fell 20 metres when the grate collapsed while watching an outdoor concert of popular K-pop group 4Minute. (Photo by Park Young-Dae-Donga Daily via Getty Images).
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10月17日に、韓国・ソウル郊外にある京畿道城南(ソンナム)市の野外コンサート会場で起きた換気口の崩落事故で、イベント担当者の1人が18日朝、別の場所で死亡しているのが見つかった。17日夜に警察から事情聴取を受けており、近くの建物から飛び降り自殺したとみられる。時事ドットコムなどが報じた。

死亡したのは京畿科学技術振興院の運営企画チームの30代男性の担当者で、同院は事故が起こったイベントの費用の一部を負担することになっていた。18日午前7時ごろ、建物脇の路上で、死んでいるのを通行人が見つけて通報した。担当者は18日午前2時から3時20分まで警察の事情聴取を受けたという。

時事ドットコム:主催者側担当者が自殺=16人死亡の換気口崩落事故-韓国より 2014/10/18 12:03)

韓国・聯合ニュースによると、遺書などは見つかっていないとされるが、この担当者は亡くなる直前、SNSに「最善を尽くして一生懸命生きてきたが、思いもよらぬ事態が発生した。事故で亡くなった人に申し訳ない気持ちだ。真剣さはわかっていただきたい」と投稿。続いて、家族に「すまない。愛している」と投稿していたことが確認されたという。

この事故は、人気アイドルグループらの野外コンサート会場で、一部の観客が乗っていた換気口のふたがフタが落ち、そこに乗っていた観客がおよそ20メートル下に転落したもの。16人が死亡、11人が重軽傷を負った。FNNニュースによると、換気口の周辺には警備員が配置されていなかったほか、フェンスなども設置されていなかったという。

韓国 野外コンサート事故 画像
SKOREA-ACCIDENT-CONCERT-MUSIC(01 of09)
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South Korean National Forensic Service members check a broken ventilation grate after concert goers fell through it into an underground parking area below in Seongnam City, south of Seoul, on October 17, 2014. Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam south of Seoul. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
SKOREA-ACCIDENT-CONCERT-MUSIC(02 of09)
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South Korean National Forensic Service members check a broken ventilation grate after concert goers fell through it into an underground parking area below in Seongnam City, south of Seoul, on October 17, 2014. Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam south of Seoul. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
SKOREA-ACCIDENT-CONCERT-MUSIC(03 of09)
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Policemen stand guard near a broken ventilation grate (R-bottom) after concert goers fell through it into an underground parking area below in Seongnam City, south of Seoul, on October 17, 2014. Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam south of Seoul. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 17: In this handout picture provided by the Gyeonggi Province Fire Department, People gather around a collapsed ventilation grate on October 17, 2014 in Seongnam, South Korea. People on ventilation grate fell 20 metres when the grate collapsed while watching an outdoor concert of popular K-pop group 4Minute. (Photo by Gyeonggi Province Fire Department via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 17: In this handout picture provided by the Gyeonggi Province Fire Department, People gather around a concert stage next to collapsed ventilation grate on October 17, 2014 in Seongnam, South Korea. People on ventilation grate fell 20 metres when the grate collapsed while watching an outdoor concert of popular K-pop group 4Minute. (Photo by Gyeonggi Province Fire Department via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
SKOREA-ACCIDENT-CONCERT-MUSIC(06 of09)
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Policemen stand guard near a broken ventilation grate after concert goers fell through it into an underground parking area below in Seongnam City, south of Seoul, on October 17, 2014. Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam south of Seoul. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
SKOREA-ACCIDENT-CONCERT-MUSIC(07 of09)
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Policemen stand guard near a broken ventilation grate after concert goers fell through it into an underground parking area below in Seongnam City, south of Seoul, on October 17, 2014. Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam south of Seoul. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 17: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout picture provided by the Park Young-Dae-Donga Daily, Rescue workers stand around a collapsed ventilation grate on October 17, 2014 in Seongnam, South Korea. People on ventilation grate fell 20 metres when the grate collapsed while watching an outdoor concert of popular K-pop group 4Minute. (Photo by Park Young-Dae-Donga Daily via Getty Images). (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
Fourteen Dead In Accident At K-Pop Concert(09 of09)
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SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 17: In this handout picture provided by the Gyeonggi Province Fire Department, People gather around a concert stage next to collapsed ventilation grate on October 17, 2014 in Seongnam, South Korea. People on ventilation grate fell 20 metres when the grate collapsed while watching an outdoor concert of popular K-pop group 4Minute. (Photo by Gyeonggi Province Fire Department via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)

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