Three workers died Tuesday afternoon during a car test at a Hyundai factory in South Korea, police said.
The three men were found unconscious in a car while testing it in a “room” at the factory in the southeastern city of Ulsan, according to a union official.
Two of the workers were Hyundai researchers involved in automobile testing at Hyundai’s Plant No. 4, which is the company’s largest manufacturing plant, a local police officer said.
The officer said police and the labor ministry were investigating the incident.
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“There is no longer a safe place to go.”
According to local reports, the workers died of suffocation.
The factory has its own port and an annual production capacity of 1.4 million vehicles, including 1.1 million units exported.