(Youngdong = Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Kyung-hwan = A KTX train that was entering the Yeongdong Tunnel in North Chungcheong Province derailed.
According to the Chungbuk Fire Department, etc. on the 5th, the KTX-Sancheon train from Seoul to Dongdaegu departed from the railroad track at 12:46 pm that day.
The accident is said to have occurred when a steel structure in the tunnel fell and collided with the train.
The fire department is investigating the exact cause of the accident.