Dae-sung Acquitted of Charges Involving Motorcyclist’s Death

The prosecution Monday cleared Dae-sung, a member of K-pop boy band Big Bang, of suspicions involving a motorcyclist’s death in a traffic accident on a Han River bridge last May.

The 22-year-old pop star whose full name is Kang Dae-sung has been investigated after he ran over a 30-year-old man lying on the road and then crashed into a parked taxi in front of the victim while he was driving his Audi on Yanghwa Bridge at around 1:30 a.m. on May 31.

The prosecution cited a lack of evidence proving the entertainer was responsible for the motorcyclist’s death as for the reason of the acquittal.

“There is no hard evidence to show he (the motorcyclist) was alive before the accident, and it was highly possible for him to have been seriously injured before the accident,” a prosecutor said.

Citing the autopsy result and a report by the National Forensic Service, the prosecution concluded that the drunken motorcyclist seemed to have fallen in critical condition after crashing into a street lamp pole in the bridge before he was run over by the singer.

But Dae-sung was responsible for “careless driving” in failing to spot the victim as he could have avoided running over the man as other three drivers did before him, they said.

via Koreatimes

BigBang`s Daesung Acquitted of Victim’s Death in Car Accident

On August 29th, the Seoul Prosecutor’s office dismissed charges against Big Bang’s Daesung over the death of a motorcyclist that was involved in a car accident in late May.

The prosecutor’s office said no sufficient evidence was found to prove the victim was alive at the time of Daesung’s contact with him, and it’s hard to completely rule out the possibility of the motorcyclist being killed from his earlier crash into the streetlamp.

The motorcyclist was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.186% prior to hitting the streetlamp which resulted in severe damages to his face, neck, and back. However, there have been many speculations as to whether Daesung caused the victim’s death as he ran over the motorcyclist who was lying on the street just three minutes after the initial crash.

The Yung Deung Po police office conducted more investigation over the victim’s autopsy results, and held additional questioning sessions with Daesung, while analyzing more black box videos before reaching today’s verdict.

Also, at the citizen jury trial held on August 25th, all nine members of the committee agreed to exempt Daesung from indictment.

“Based on the evidence we have, it is true that Daesung hit the victim due to negligent driving. But it’s hard to identify the direct connection between Daesung’s negligent driving and the victim’s death, and in that case, the benefit of doubt should be given. So we decided to drop any charges against Daesung,” an official from the prosecutor’s office said.

Daesung was involved in a car accident on May 31st around 1:30AM. He hit a motorcyclist that was lying on the street from an earlier accident and later crashed into a taxi in front of him. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead shortly after the accident.

via soompi

False Rumors Spread About Big Bang`s Daesung Getting Married

This has been a tremendous year for Big Bang, and a not so tremendous one for member Daesung. After the accident and all that entailed, it was decided that he would step back from activities for at least the rest of the year. It was then decided that Big Bang would return again in 2012 as a whole group.

Daesung and Victim’s Family Reach Settlement

It was just reported by local media OSEN moments ago that Daesung and the victim’s family reached a settlement over the car accident from last May. The exact details of the settlement were not revealed.