An ambulance parked outside a hospital emergency room. (Reference photo)
An ambulance parked outside a hospital emergency room. (Reference photo)

A man in his 50s fell from the National Assembly members' office building in Yeouido on Wednesday.

According to fire department authorities, a report came in at around 8:41 a.m. Wednesday that a person had fallen from the fourth floor of the National Assembly members' office building in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The man is believed to have struck a railing on the third floor before landing in a flower bed on the second floor.

He was rescued in cardiac arrest and has since been taken to a nearby hospital. Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident.


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