{"id":2803,"date":"2016-11-28T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T05:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2016\/11\/report\/20161128-n-korea-overturn-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2018-08-24T18:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:20:48","slug":"20161128-n-korea-overturn-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2016\/11\/news\/20161128-n-korea-overturn-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff1cInside N. Korea\uff1e Truck falls into reservoir due to heavy snow, leaving 19 dead in the northern part of Ryanggang Province (a photo and a map)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Reference Photo) People alighting from the back of the truck at a checkpoint near the Samsu Power Plant. Taken by our Team 'Mindeulle' .Aug. 2013 (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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On November 18, an ASIAPRESS reporting partner in the northern part of Ryanggang Province\u00a0reported that\u00a0a truck carrying passengers plunged into the Samsu Power Plant reservoir, near\u00a0Hyesan City. The driver had lost control of the truck due to heavy snow. Nineteen people are reported dead (Kang Ji-won).<\/p>\n

On November 22,\u00a0an ASIAPRESS reporting partner living in\u00a0Hyesan City reported via phone that:\u00a0\u201cTwo people, including the driver and seventeen members of the Storm trooper who had been working on flood restoration in North Hamkyung Province died in the accident. \u00a0The truck was carrying passengers and items for trade, before it went off the road and into the reservoir.\u00a0Because the truck was locked from the inside to prevent the theft of goods, passengers were unable to escape from the container and drowned in the reservoir below. \u00a0The truck belonged to the Forestry Department in\u00a0Ryanggang Province.\"
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As of November 22, the remains of the passengers had not been collected, despite attempts at retrieval by the Forestry Department.<\/p>\n

At the Samsu Power Plant, near where the accident\u00a0occurred, a bus ended up in frozen waters while attempting to take a shortcut across a frozen river. Seventy people are reported to have died in this incident.\u3000\u3000At that time, accidents at the reservoir of the Samsu Power Plant\u00a0frequently\u00a0took place.\u00a0 According to a local resident, 50 people died in a year on average.<\/p>\n

As ASIAPRESS reported on November 18, the North Korean train system has recently become dysfunctional due to the\u00a0worsening power supply.\u00a0 A number of fatal incidents have been reported\u00a0relating to accidents involved buses and trucks acting as \u2018Sobicha\u2019 (service car).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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