Red Velvet’s Yeri revealed that the 2016 taxi crash was more serious than reported, saying she was hospitalized and still has eye damage.
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Red Velvet’s Yeri revealed the behind-the-scenes story of a traffic accident from 10 years ago. On September 16, Yeri posted a video titled “An Adult Woman” on her YouTube channel “yerimiese.” The released footage shows Yeri visiting a pottery class together with member Seulgi. Yeri, who opened a YouTube channel and began interacting with fans, invited Seulgi as her first guest and took on a pottery experience. While the two were enjoying pottery in their own styles, they mentioned the traffic accident they experienced 10 years ago. Previously, the two had been in a traffic accident in 2016. At the time, Red Velvet’s agency SM Entertainment told Newsen in an official statement, “Seulgi and Yeri, on their way back to the dorm in a taxi after finishing their vacation, were involved in a traffic accident near Seongsu-dong due to the taxi driver’s carelessness, crashing into a cleaning truck, and suffered minor injuries such as bruises. They immediately went to the hospital for treatment and are currently resting at the dorm. For the time being, they will suspend activities and focus on recovery.” According to Yeri, it was not just a minor injury. In response to the production crew’s question, “What do the two of you do when you meet and hang out?”, Seulgi said with a laugh, “In the past, we used to go to amusement parks too. That was when the accident happened.” Yeri said, “This is also in the articles. We had a traffic accident. I went to Lotte World by taxi with Seulgi unnie. When we actually went, there were so many cars and so many people that we couldn’t have any fun at all. After a while, we only took selfies and were on our way home when the taxi accident happened,” recalling the time. Seulgi said, “Fortunately, I wasn’t seriously hurt, but when I casually looked to the side, Yeri looked like she was in pain. I was really shocked.” Yeri said, “Blood came out of my mouth. I was actually hospitalized and received treatment for quite a long time. Because the accident happened while turning a curve on my side, the driver and Seulgi unnie were not badly hurt, and I was thrown forward. When I opened my eyes after the impact, it hurt so much. After that, I had a bit of a trauma about cars. The white of my eyes turned completely red. In fact, my eyeball has slightly gone inward. I worried a lot about whether to have surgery, but I am living without surgery,” she confessed. She added, “We went to see zombies at Lotte World, but I became the zombie (laughs). I was actually hospitalized and felt very depressed. It took a really long time to recover. At that time, I stopped activities for several months. The article said it was a minor accident. It was not minor for me; I was really badly hurt. After the accident, I developed floaters. Even now, when I close my eyes, there are small round shadows. I was told there is nothing that can be done about it.”
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