Seodaejeon Negeori station

Seodaejeon Negeori
Seodaejeon Negeori
	Seodaejeon Negeori Station platform
Korean name
Hangul	서대전네거리역
Hanja	西大田네거리驛
Revised Romanization	Seodaejeonnegeori-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏdaejŏnnegŏri-yŏk
General information
Location	Yongdu-dong, Jung District, Daejeon; South Korea
Coordinates	36°19′21″N 127°24′45″E / 36.322417°N 127.412532°E
Operated by	Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Daejeon Metro Line 1
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Seodaejeon station
Other information
Station code	107
History
Opened	March 16, 2006; 18 years ago
Services

Seodaejeon Negeori Station (Korean: 서대전네거리역; Hanja: 西大田네거리驛) is a station of Daejeon Metro Line 1 in Yongdu-dong, Jung District, Daejeon, South Korea.

Elevator incident

This subway station was the site of a man in a wheelchair who rammed the doors of an elevator multiple times, and eventually fell to his death after he disabled both doors.^[1]^[2] He was awarded a Darwin Award^[3] and elevators in South Korean subway stations later started to install stickers telling not to do that action.

References

^ 인, 상준 (27 August 2010). "대전지하철 승강기 장애인 추락사". Daejeon Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ 윤, 상훈 (26 August 2010). "쾅! 지하철 승강기문 들이받아…장애인 추락사". SBS News (in Korean). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ "Angry Wheelchair Man". Darwin Awards. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

External links

"Seodaejeon Negeori Station". Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2014-01-02.

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[1] 인, 상준 (27 August 2010). "대전지하철 승강기 장애인 추락사". Daejeon Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[2] 윤, 상훈 (26 August 2010). "쾅! 지하철 승강기문 들이받아…장애인 추락사". SBS News (in Korean). Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[3] "Angry Wheelchair Man". Darwin Awards. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

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