On the Feb. 4 broadcast of tvN’s “You Quiz on the Block,” Lee said people can become less cautious as their careers improve, adding, “The moment you start showing off, an accident happens and something terrible follows.”
He said a bus, which he estimated can weigh about 10 tons when full, was on top of a motorcycle — and he was beneath it. Lee said he was pinned by the weight and dragged a long distance.
“I was wearing jeans, and only the belt was left,” he said, adding that only the neck portion of his leather jacket remained. He said he was dragged 50 to 60 meters.
Lee said he underwent more than 50 surgeries, had more than 1 meter of intestine removed and needed 1,500 stitches.
He said doctors told him daily that “today is the critical point,” and that he regained consciousness only after 14 days. Without painkillers, he said, he could not endure even an hour.
Lee said he still has lasting effects and was assessed as having a Level 3 disability. He said colleagues who visited thought he would not survive, and later told him they had even collected condolence money and held a moment of silence.
Lee also said his father, actor Lee Ye-chun, was already in poor health, and that the shock of the accident led to his father’s early death. Lee said he was too weak to bow even at the funeral."
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