Bereaved families of victims of the Oct. 29 Itaewon crowd crush hold a press conference in front of the Cheong Wa Dae Fountain in central Seoul, calling for a thorough investigation into allegations raised during the parliamentary hearing on the tragedy, March 26. Korea Times photo by Park Ji-yeon
About 10 percent of the more than 100 people killed in the 2022 deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district may have died from causes other than suffocation, a special investigation committee said Tuesday.
The analysis, released by the committee investigating the 2022 crowd crush, suggests that more lives could have been saved had more active rescue efforts been made immediately after the accident.
The accident dates back to Oct. 29, 2022, when 159 people were crushed to death during Halloween festivities after crowds surged into a narrow alley in the entertainment district.
After conducting a medical review of the causes of the deaths, the committee announced Tuesday that 15 of the victims did not appear to have died from suffocation, concluding that their exact causes of death could not be identified.
