Three auto workers dead after incident at Hyundai car factory

Seoul: Three workers died at a Hyundai car plant on Tuesday, the South Korean automaker told AFP, with local reports suggesting it was an accident dur...

Seoul: Three workers died at a Hyundai car plant on Tuesday, the South Korean automaker told AFP, with local reports suggesting it was an accident during a vehicle performance test.

Along with its affiliate Kia, Hyundai is the world's third-largest automaker, recording more than 4.2 million units in global sales in 2023.

"Three research workers have died at an Ulsan assembly line," a Hyundai representative told AFP.

"We are trying to determine the cause of the incident," the representative said, without giving any further details.

Hyundai's Ulsan plant is 370 kilometres (229 miles) southeast of Seoul, and the assembly line there has been described by the company as the "world's largest single automobile plant" with an export shipping dock.