Two Seniors in Their 60s and 80s Found Dead While Working in Fields Amid Heatwave

Amid continuing scorching heat, elderly individuals who went out for farm work in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, died of heat-related illnesses one after another on the 2nd.

According to the Dangjin Police Station and other sources on the 3rd, Mr. A, in his 60s, was found dead at 3:50 p.m. the previous day in a ditch next to a rice paddy in Hapdeok-eup, Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province.

Investigations showed that after Mr. A, who went out to check the water in the paddy in the morning, did not return home, family members who went out to look for him discovered him.

At 3:21 p.m. the same day, Mr. B, in his 80s, was found collapsed while working in a field in Guryong-dong, Dangjin. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died.

The police and South Chungcheong Province authorities believe that they died of heat-related illnesses while doing farm work in the heatwave.

With these incidents, the total number of heat-related deaths in the province this year has increased to three.

Previously on July 12, a person in their 80s was found dead from a heat-related illness inside a plastic greenhouse in Ipsang-myeon, Cheonan.

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