Daisuke Maki of EXILE, Verbal of M-Flo and DJ Daruma Seriously Injured In Car Accident
- The trio were traveling to perform for a Sandaime J Soul Brothers concert in Hokkaido (which was cancelled following news of the incident).
- The passenger van that they were riding in was leaving a convienience store parking lot when the vehicle was broadsided by an oncoming truck after midnight.
- Verbal and DJ Daruma received serious injuries while Daisuke Maki was severely injured. The conditions of the other four passengers have not been released.
- Taku Takahashi (other half of M-Flo) tweeted to fans about the accident:
------As you may have seen on the news, Verbal was injured in a car accident. He broke his ribs badly. I was (cont) https://t.co/HyxVd2Rnbj
— ☆Taku Takahashi (@takudj) December 24, 2016
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apparently Makidai broke his ribs too
i hope they recover
I used to live in Hokkaido and the roads are so terrible there in the winter. I was scared quite a few times.
I hope everyone makes a quick and full recovery!
Christmastime is really the craziest time of the year 😢
I hope they'll be OK. I'm not sure about the rest but I know Verbal is married. His wife must be so worried too.
Broken ribs is so scary. ):
Some of my earliest memories/gateway into Japanese music were listening to m-flo.
Edited at 2016-12-24 07:58 pm (UTC)