Police Form 33-Member Dedicated Team to Investigate Daegu Ceiling Collapse Accident

Following the accident in which the ceiling finishing materials of a commercial building collapsed and injured 38 people, the Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency has formed a dedicated investigation team headed by the chief of the metropolitan investigation unit.

The dedicated investigation team consists of 33 members, including the Serious Accidents Investigation Unit, the Forensic Science Unit, and the Victim Protection Team under the Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency.

To uncover the cause of the accident, the police plan to conduct a joint on-site inspection with related agencies, including the National Forensic Service, at around 9:00 a.m. tomorrow (11th).

Earlier at around 10:16 a.m. on this day, an accident occurred in which part of the ceiling structure collapsed on the second floor of a four-story building above ground in Gwaneum-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu.

At the time of the accident, a company on the second floor of the building was selling kitchenware and other items to elderly people.

Sixty-six people who were at the scene evacuated outside the building when the accident occurred.

In the process, 38 people were counted as having sustained minor injuries.

Among them, nine were transported to hospitals.

It was confirmed that none of the injured individuals have life-threatening conditions.

The building where the accident occurred is a four-story structure above ground built in 1994, and the grocery market that operated on the first floor has suspended operations since the end of last month.

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