[Breaking] 1 dead, two injured in gas leak at Samsung chip factory

Published : Sept. 4, 2018 - 16:49

YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province -- One person was killed and two others injured after being exposed to carbon dioxide in a Samsung Electronics Co's semiconductor factory east of Seoul, authorities said Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics` production plant in Giheung, south of Seoul (Yonhap)

The accident occurred at around 3:40 p.m. at the tech giant's plant in Giheung, Gyeonggi Province.

The wounded have been taken to a hospital. (Yonhap)