{"id":4770,"date":"2025-03-25T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/republicanstradetoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/motorcyclist-who-disappeared-into-seoul-sinkhole-found-dead-after-overnight-search\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:00:55","slug":"motorcyclist-who-disappeared-into-seoul-sinkhole-found-dead-after-overnight-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicanstradetoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/motorcyclist-who-disappeared-into-seoul-sinkhole-found-dead-after-overnight-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist who disappeared into Seoul sinkhole found dead after overnight search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8od7y6y002q2cphfxjx5qa0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after an overnight search, officials in South Korea\u2019s capital said Tuesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8oda7zr0002356mmhbkt0sd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The roughly 20-meter-wide, 20-meter-deep (66-foot-wide, 66-foot-deep) sinkhole appeared at an intersection in the Myeongil-dong neighborhood in eastern Seoul on Monday afternoon, swallowing the motorcyclist and injuring a woman whose van was passing over the site, according to safety and emergency offices.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8oda7zr0003356macfzv7lz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The motorcyclist, who was in his 30s, was found before noon on Tuesday, emergency officer Kim Chang Seob told a televised briefing.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8oe0u4g0001356mb0mp6zbk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kim said the man was found wearing a helmet and motorcycle boots, and that rescue workers found his Japanese-made motorcycle and mobile phone before reaching his body. Kim said rescuers used excavators, shovels and other equipment to find him.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8oda7zr0004356mqd5algcn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kim said the injured woman didn\u2019t fall into the sinkhole and she sustained minor injuries.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8oda7zr0005356myh1thw3m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The cause of the sinkhole was under investigation.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8oda7zr0006356mm872xhjn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited the site on Monday night and asked authorities to find why the sinkhole happened and prevent recurrences of similar incidents.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after an overnight search, officials in South Korea\u2019s capital said Tuesday. 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