RiSe from Ladies Code. Screengrab from Youtube
RiSe of the Ladies’ Code died Sunday, failing to recover from a car accident last week that claimed the life of another member of the K-pop group.
The 23-year-old singer, whose real name is Kwon Ri-sae, had sustained a severe injury to the head after the van she was in skidded off the road and crashed into a protective wall early Wednesday. Fellow group member Koh Eun-bi died shortly after the accident, while three other members suffered injuries.
“Rise passed away today around 10:10 a.m. at age 23. Her parents and officials from her agency were by her deathbed,” Polaris Entertainment, Ladies’ Code‘s agency, said in a press release. “We are truly sorry and grief-stricken by this tragedy, particularly after what happened to Eun-bi.”
The specifics for the funeral were not disclosed as of Sunday morning.
The group had been heading back to Seoul after participating in a KBS music show in Daegu at the time of the deadly accident. Kwon underwent an 11-hour surgery, but the operation was cut short due to low blood pressure.
She failed to regain consciousness until her death.
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