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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Seodaejeon Negeori Station

Seodaejeon Negeori Station (Korean서대전네거리역; Hanja西大田네거리驛) is a station of Daejeon Metro Line 1 in Yongdu-dong, Jung District, Daejeon, South Korea.

Elevator incident

This elevator was the site of a fatal mistake in 2010.
Sticker on an elevator in South Korea telling people not to ram the doors.

This subway station was the site of a man in a wheelchair who rammed the doors of an elevator multiple times, and eventually fell to his death after he disabled both doors. He was awarded a Darwin Award and elevators in South Korean subway stations later started to install stickers telling not to do that action.

References

  1. ^ 인, 상준 (27 August 2010). "대전지하철 승강기 장애인 추락사". Daejeon Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ 윤, 상훈 (26 August 2010). "쾅! 지하철 승강기문 들이받아…장애인 추락사". SBS News (in Korean). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Angry Wheelchair Man". Darwin Awards. Retrieved 7 November 2019.