Man struck, killed by train in southern Seoul

Passengers check their delayed train schedules on an electric bulletin board at Seoul Station in central Seoul on Wednesday morning. Line 1 subway trains in both directions and KTX and general trains experienced delays for nearly two hours after a man was struck by a KTX train that morning. [YONHAP]

A man was hit and killed by a KTX bullet train on Wednesday morning at around 5:30 a.m. near Gasan Digital Complex Station in Seoul after illegally entering the railway tracks, said police.
 
It has not been confirmed why he entered the tracks. 
 
Line 1 subway trains in both directions and KTX and general trains experienced delays for nearly two hours following the incident.
 

BY LEE SUNG-EUN [lee.sungeun@joongang.co.kr]