At 11:20am, on the 8th of September, a Grand Carnival van transporting idol group Nine Muses hit the guardrail at the northern vicinity, riverside of the Chun-Ho Bridge in Seoul. A representative explained the situation leading up to the accident,�"The tire of the van had been replaced with the extra tire, but the replacement tire was different from the standard ones on the van, and this seems to have incurred a loss in the overall balance of the car, thus causing the accident." Due to the accident, five out of nine members were quickly transferred to the hospital for suspected injuries, but the representative reassured worried fans through Money Today Star News , "After the accident, the members were quickly sent to the hospital and took X-rays" and that "the results of the examination show that much to everyone's relief, the injuries the girls got are not serious." However, it seems that the girls had been shaken up by what happened, "The members were very shocked, so we plan to calm them down a little" and that "they will rest until tomorrow and we plan to look at their progress in their mental recovery. The cancellation of today's schedule is inevitable."