Ladies' Code singer Rise dies after crash

 

 

 Ladies' Code, with Rise pictured centre, were returning from a TV interview when the crash happened.

A second member of South Korean pop group Ladies' Code has died, four days after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed near Seoul.

Kwon Ri-sae, known as Rise, died in hospital at the age of 23 on Sunday.

She had been unconscious after emergency brain surgery following Wednesday's accident, a spokesperson from Polaris Entertainment said.

Her death follows that of 22-year-old bandmate Go Eun-bi, better known as EunB, who died shortly after the crash.

The five-member group made their debut in 2013 and released their latest single Kiss Kiss last month.

One other member of Ladies' Code fractured her jaw and two had minor injuries and were treated for shock.

Police inspector Lee Ho-dong told the Associated Press that the crash happened when band were returning to the South Korean capital after filming a TV interview in the south-eastern city of Daegu.

The van driver was treated for a minor injury before being questioned and may have been speeding on a wet road to meet a tight schedule, Mr Lee said.

"We are investigating the exact cause of the accident," he said. "But it's difficult because the highway section where the crash occurred did not have a closed-circuit television camera."

He added that a camera from inside the van had been sent to the National Forensic Service.

 

                                                                                 The funeral of EunB took place in Seoul on Friday

 

걸그룹 레이디스코드 故 리세(본명 권리세)의 빈소가 7일 오후 서울 성북구 고려대학교 안암병원 장례식장에 마련됐다.

레이디스코드의 리세는 지난 3일 영동고속도로 신갈분기점 부근에서 방호벽을 들이받는 사고로 인해 머리를 심하게 다쳐 수원 아주대 병원으로 이송돼 장시간 수술과 치료를 받았지만 끝내 스물셋의 꽃다운 나이에 세상을 떠나고 말았다. 이 사고로 동료 멤버 은비도 숨졌다