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. "The three -- two Hyundai researchers and the other affiliated with a subcontractor -- were found collapsed at a test chamber of the plant where they were conducting a car performance test,

Three researchers dead in accident at Hyundai Motor plant Seen here is the main gate of a Hyundai Motor Co. plant in Ulsan, 299 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 19, 2024. Earlier in the day, three researchers suffocated to death during a vehicle performance test.

At least three people died apparently due to suffocation during vehicle testing at a Hyundai Motor plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan, according to police and officials, Tuesday.