Singer EunB from South Korean girl group Ladies’ Code was killed in a car crash last night, while bandmate RiSe is still in critical condition.
Pop singer RiSe of the South Korean act Ladies’ Code was still in critical condition on Thursday, a day after she was in an ill-fated car crash that killed her bandmate EunB and left another seriously injured.
“RiSe remains unconscious. There is no progress from yesterday. She is now receiving treatment in the intensive care unit,” said an official from the girl group’s agency, Polaris Entertainment. RiSe’s family, friends and colleagues are hoping for her recovery at the site, the agency added.
On Wednesday, a van carrying the five members of Ladies’ Code inexplicably skidded off the road and crashed into a protective wall on a freeway near Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. The group had been heading back to Seoul after participating in a KBS music show in Daegu at the time of the deadly accident at around 1:32 am.
The women were transferred to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery, but EunB died despite efforts to save her. She was 21. At the same time, RiSe underwent an 11-hour operation after sustaining a severe head injury, but the surgery was stopped due to low blood pressure.
The 23-year-old singer, who was a beauty queen in the 2009 Miss Korea pageant, remains unconscious in the intensive care unit. According to early police investigation, RiSe was not wearing her seatbelt when the driver lost control of the vehicle.