14 injured in collapse of S. Korea's school gym ceiling structure

SEOUL, May 12 (Xinhua) -- One teacher and 13 students were injured on Friday as the ceiling structure of a South Korean elementary school gymnasium collapsed, Yonhap news agency reported.

A part of the ceiling inside the elementary school gymnasium in Yeosu, around 320 km south of Seoul, went down to the floor at about 12:21 p.m. local time (0321 GMT).

A total of 14 people, including one teacher, were slightly wounded and taken to a nearby hospital.

The accident was believed to have occurred when finishing materials inside the ceiling collapsed at once.

Standing below the ceiling were the teacher and the students, on whom the finishing materials fell.