Lebanese ambassador dies in S. Korea car accident

Police in South Korea say Lebanon’s ambassador to the Asian country has died in a car accident. Officers say Ambassador Jad Saeed El-Hassan was driving his car by himself Thursday when it hit another vehicle inside a tunnel in Seoul. They say two South Koreans in the second car were injured and taken to a hospital. The officers spoke on condition of anonymity, citing department rules. Other details about the accident were not immediately known, including what caused the ambassador’s car to hit the other vehicle. A person at the Lebanese Embassy in Seoul reached by phone confirmed the ambassador’s death but refused to provide further details, according to UNB.