An anti-tank mine explosion killed a South Korean dump truck driver at Chulwon County, a zone near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), on Wednesday, various South Korean outlets reported.

The estimated location of the explosion was around two kilometers away from the Southern side of the DMZ, Google Earth satellite imagery shows.

The explosion severely injured the driver, only known by the surname Han, who was rushed to hospital but passed away soon after.

The driver was moving the soil away from the adjacent construction site when his dump truck – filled with rocks and soil – drove over the mine buried