Seungri of Big Bang was apparently in a car accident on Thursday, according to reports.
Soompi, citing KBS, said that Seungri was driving a Porsche along the North Riverside Expressway in Dongbuichon-dong when he hit a Mercedes in the next lane.
The car then hit a guardrail and turned over, according to All K-Pop.
Two people in the Mercedes received minor injuries in the crash, according to the website.
YG Entertainment, which manages him, said in a statement: “Fortunately, Seungri was not injured. He was transferred to the hospital and after receiving a check up, he received a diagnosis that there were no problems with his body. It was not drunk driving.”
The news comes as two members of Ladies’ Code, another Korean pop group, died in a car wreck.
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AP update: Second member of K-pop group dies from car crash
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A second member of the South Korean band Ladies’ Code died from injuries sustained from a motor accident, her management said Sunday.
Kwon Ri-sae, 23, died Sunday morning at a hospital in Suwon, just south of Seoul. She had been unconscious after undergoing hours of emergency brain surgery following Wednesday’s accident, according to Polaris Entertainment agency spokeswoman Kim Eun-kyung.
Fellow band member Go Eun-bi died shortly after a van carrying the group crashed into a guard rail on a rain-drenched highway near Seoul.
Police suspect that the van driver may have been speeding on the wet road to meet a tight schedule. The National Forensic Service is currently investigating the accident. Inspector Lee Ho-dong said the police will call in the driver, who was treated for a mild injury, for more questioning.
Another member of the five-member group fractured her jaw and two others suffered minor injuries.
Ladies’ Code debuted last year.
