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A five-year-old boy died from the roof of an apartment complex in Suncheon, southern Jeolla province.
The child climbed onto the roof while the childcare assistant did not see him, and it appears that he fell as he stepped on the fence on the roof.
Reporter Kang Seo-young will tell you.
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An apartment in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do.
Yesterday (19) around 12:20 a.m., a 5-year-old boy fell from the roof of a 23-story apartment building.
The child was taken to hospital by 119 paramedics, but he died.
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“They said an ambulance came, and the ambulance came and did resuscitation so far …”
A fence about 1 meter high was installed on the roof of the apartment.
As you can see, the railing where the accident occurred is a horizontal shape that a child can step on.
Following the police investigation, the footprints of the dead child were found in the middle of the fence.
Police believe the child fell while climbing a roof fence.
Footage from surveillance cameras confirmed that a woman in her 60s was busy moving the stroller as the baby went to the roof.
Water balloons and bitter colors were placed on the roof of the apartment where the accident occurred.
Since the roof door is always open for fire evacuation, it is known that children usually use the roof as a playground.
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“(Usually) we kept the (roof door) open several times, so the kid opened it and was playing with the kids.”
Last year’s amendment to the law made it mandatory for the roof of an apartment building to have an automatic door that opens only in an emergency, but the apartment was built earlier and the door was open.
The police will soon call the apartment management office to investigate the exact cause of the accident.
This is Seo-Young Kang from MBC News.
Junsik Bae / Yeosu video coverage
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