Autopsy finds fatal head injury caused Korean actor Kim Joo Hyuk's death


Kim Joo Hyuk was driving his SUV when it crashed into another vehicle near an apartment complex in Samseong-dong, Seoul, on Oct 30, 2017. - The Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL: An autopsy on actor Kim Joo Hyuk who was killed in a car crash on Monday (Oct 30) in Seoul, revealed that he died from a fatal head injury.

Police and the National Forensic Service (NFS) said on Tuesday that the immediate cause of Kim's death was a head injury, serious enough to have instantly killed the actor.

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