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Many drivers cannot easily forget accidents. Kim Ki-tae, a train operator for more than six years, told the Korea Herald about his problems after a man jumped onto the track in front of a train he was driving in mid-January and was crushed to death. "I rested for three days after the accident. But even these days, the wretched scene of the accident flashes in my mind whenever I drive to the very spot where the accident took place," he said. "I have to drive my train to the same place four times a day."

A study by Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation said 119 people fell or threw themselves onto subway tracks last year. Of these, 67 died and the others were seriously injured. Among the dead, 54 were suicides. There have been many calls for more safety devices to prevent suicide attempts and accidental falls onto tracks.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/05/07/200405070028.asp

[Derrek]

He must work the Green Line?

I always wondered how many trips around they make.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

You wonder things like that?

[Derrek]

[mb2086]

That means that 13 were not suicides. What were they then? I sympathise with the driver - why didn't they give him another line to ride?