Neither the mayor nor the chairman of the corporation is in attendance...It's a casualty accident, but Changwon is now stepping up to avoid responsibility for slow response
Neither the mayor nor the chairman of the corporation is in attendance...It's a casualty accident, but Changwon is now stepping up to avoid responsibility for slow response
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No one wanted to take responsibility because the 'control tower' was absent. An accident occurred that should not have occurred, and it seems that they are only now coping. This is the story of Changwon City, the management body of Changwon NC Park.메이저놀이터
The NC Dinos announced on Thursday that it will form a joint task force to investigate the cause of the recent crash and to prevent a recurrence of such accidents. The joint task force said, "We express our condolences to the deceased who have changed their reputation unfortunately. We will continue to communicate with the bereaved families and the injured to the fullest extent possible," adding, "We will do our best to prevent such incidents from happening again by establishing a close cooperation system between the agencies and quickly preparing thorough safety checks and measures to prevent such incidents from happening again."
During the game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 29th of last month, a four-story outer wall structure (ruber) near the canteen in the direction of third base fell and hit the crowd. A female spectator in his 20s was injured in the head and another teenage spectator in a sister relationship was taken to the hospital with a collarbone injury to the structure that bounced off the roof of the canteen.
After the hospital evacuation, the female spectator, who suffered head injuries, underwent surgery and was taken to the intensive care unit, but died. An unprecedented situation occurred in which spectators were injured and killed by the structure of the stadium. KBO mourned the victims and carried out emergency safety checks at all stadiums. All games including the NC game on the 30th and the SSG game on the 1st to 3rd, which were scheduled to be held at Changwon NC Park, were canceled.
The NC Dinosaurs made every effort to support victims right after the disaster occurred. However, the Changwon Facilities Management Corporation, the owner of the baseball stadium, prioritized avoiding liability. After the tragic accident, NC started inspecting the stadium's safety from Friday. The team focused on checking the bolt fastening state of the structure louver, which was the cause of the tragic accident, and cracks and deformation of external structures. The KBO also monitored the safety assessment process.
However, the facility corporation took only the backseat. The corporation, which is similar to the actual owner of the ballpark, reportedly replied to NC's official letter for an emergency safety inspection by asking the club to conduct the inspection on its own and notify the result later.
In addition, the corporation explained, "NC is in charge of the daily maintenance and management of Changwon NC Park in the use and profit permission contract, but only the renovation and repair of major structural departments are carried out by the corporation," adding, "The corporation has carried out all safety inspections of major structural departments legally, and no abnormalities have been found so far." In particular, he added, "Fall attachments are not included in the inspection list." They continued to avoid it in a way that it was not our responsibility because they did their job. They claimed that the external structure was also installed by the club, not from the time the baseball stadium was built.
However, the NC Dinosaurs cannot install additional facilities without permission from the Korea Facilities Management Corporation, the owner of the stadium. The degree of avoidance of responsibility went too far. The NC Dinosaurs were also responsible, but the public corporation and Changwon had enough attitude to raise eyebrows in the process of conducting an emergency safety inspection for investigation into the damage. It has been reported that the louver, which was actually a structure of an accident, is also subject to supervision.
Perhaps no one wanted to take responsibility, as there is virtually no head of the city and facility corporation. Changwon Mayor Hong Nam-pyo, who was elected in the local elections in June 2022, has been put on trial since November 2022 on charges of trying to provide public office (violation of the Public Official Election Act) by recommending local politician A not to run in the party's primary.
In the first trial, he was acquitted for lack of evidence, but in the second trial, the conspiracy relationship between Mayor Hong Nam-pyo and camp officials was recognized, and Hong was sentenced to six months in prison and one year of probation. As Mayor Hong appealed, the trial went all the way to the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of the second trial on the 3rd. Under the Public Official Election Act, if an elected official is sentenced to prison or fined more than 1 million won, the election will be nullified. Currently, Changwon Mayor is vacant.
After the accident, the mayor of Changwon was confirmed to be invalidated, but Changwon City had no choice but to carry out a chaotic administrative operation. Moreover, the Changwon Facilities Management Corporation was also an acting system, with no new chairman appointed since the former chairman resigned in December last year. No one at the facility corporation took a responsible attitude for this accident.