[사회]On the way to work, frozen in heavy snow and cold waves…to the subway line 1 and 4

■ Progress: Anchor Jinwon Kang, Anchor Sangyeon Park
■ Cast: Reporter Park Ki-wan

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[앵커]

As the heavy snowfall last night hit a cold wave, there was a turmoil on the way to work. The cars on the road had to crawl on the icy road, and at subway stations, there were a lot of people who had a broken electric car and rolled around.

Let’s talk in detail with reporter Park Ki-wan. Reporter Park, once the road became ice, there must be a lot of citizens using public transportation on the way to work this morning.

[기자]

That’s right. This morning, when the subway lines 1 and 4 in Seoul broke down, citizens on their way to work suffered inconvenience. On Line 1 this morning, the train going from Foreign University Station to Seoul Station broke down at around 7:25 this morning.

All the trains that followed for about 45 minutes until they were refurbished and started running were stopped. The passengers were advised to use other modes of transportation, but as you know, using other means of transportation today was also difficult.

Here, around 8 o’clock, the train broke down at Gileum Station on Line 4. The train itself was fixed in 25 minutes, but the delays experienced by passengers were longer due to the situation where passengers were crowded due to a cold wave, etc. Let’s listen to the story directly.

[민기홍 / 4호선 출근길 이용객 : 한 시간 반 정도, 출발을 안 했어요. 성신여대역에서 타려고 했다가 (사람이 가득 차서) 7~8번 정도 놓쳤거든요. 승강장에 사람이 한 40~50명 될 때까지 기다렸다가 타고 갔어요.]

[앵커]

Reporter Park Ki-wan, I think the inconvenience to the citizens on the way to work must have been great, but is it running normally?

[기자]

Yes. It is currently operating normally. Yesterday, as the aftermath of the tragedy on the way home from work continued, in fact, it was not easy to go to work. First of all, there are a lot of videos sent by viewers, so let’s look at them one by one.

First of all, if you look at it, it’s a video sent by Han Song-i from Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do. There are about 10 vehicles intertwined with each other, from cars standing on the side of the road to cars that appear to have been hit at an intersection.

It seems that there was an accident last night, but as it can be difficult to follow up on an icy road, it seems that everyone left the car and returned home. Next, let’s look at the Incheon screen.

On the way to work in the morning, I see trucks unable to climb the hill. People are pushing together from behind. In fact, it looks a little dangerous, but if you don’t do this, it’s difficult to go to work, so everyone was working together to help.

Next is Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. Likewise, this is a video on my way to work this morning. Even at a glance, there is still a lot of snow on the road, but it is frozen more due to the cold wave. There are cars slipping along the road.

We could also see the dangerous driver coming out and pushing the car from behind. See the next video again. There were also places that lead to accidents. It is the road between Bundang Suseo.

The van slipped on an icy road and fell to the side. As all the cars were running slowly, it did not lead to a major accident, but in the end, the cars that followed could not avoid congestion on the way to work.

[앵커]

First of all, the problem in the current situation is that the temperature is still not dropping. How did the snow removal work ended?

[기자]

In the case of the metropolitan area, the snow removal work on major arterial roads has been almost completed. However, you cannot be vigilant. As you can see if you go outside now, today’s daytime temperature did not drop much more than morning.

So even if you clear the snow, you have to be careful about the roads with thin ice. Experts warned that sudden braking, rapid acceleration, and speeding are dangerous, saying that slipping accidents may occur on roads with ice like now rather than snowy roads.

He also advised that snow chains are less effective on frozen roads, and that it is safe to keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front and follow the traces of the wheels with the vehicle in front as much as possible.

He also said that if the tire is spinning in light snow, repeating forward and backward, making marks and using floor mats or sand can help.

[앵커]

After a few hours, isn’t the time to work again? The weather is still very cold, so it seems that the ice road will continue. It seems that viewers need special attention to prevent safety accidents. So far, we have been talking with reporter Park Ki-wan. Thank you for speaking today.

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