Psy Car Crash: 'Gangnam Style' Singer Hits Bus in China; Leaves Rolls-Royce Wreck in a Porsche

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"Gangnam Style" South Korean pop sensation Psy was involved in a motor vehicle crash in China. Psy was in a Rolls Royce vehicle when he bumped and crashed his car at the back of a bus and reportedly left the scene in a Porsche.

At 3 p.m. on July 16, South Korean pop star Psy was in Hangzhou, China when his car hit a bus. He was reportedly driving a red Rolls-Royce when he hit the back of the bus in the middle of the crossing, reports Daily Mail. Psy then left promptly after being picked up by a Porsche. The pop star was reportedly in the country for the opening party of a new bar and was on his way to his hotel from the airport when the collision occurred.

According to Inquisitr, there were no injuries or casualties on either party during the accident except for the vehicles that collided. The Shanghaiist reported that the bus incurred 2,000 RMB (around $322) worth of damages when the expensive Rolls-Royce bumped into the back of the bus. Meanwhile, repairing Psy's Rolls-Royce will take approximately 700,000 RMB (nearly $112,000). The compensation and repairs appeared to have been settled privately according to the report.

Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, is a singer-songwriter, record producer and rapper who is catapulted to stardom and worldwide fame by the hit single "Gangnam Style." According to the Mirror, since it was uploaded on YouTube in December 2012, the video has garnered more than 2.3 billion hits worldwide.

According to BBC, Psy's "Gangnam Style" is the most watched YouTube video ever and exceeded the view limit of the website. Before Psy, it was Justin Beiber's "Baby" who held the top spot as the most viewed video in the website.

YouTube's counter formerly used a 32-bit integer to represent a video's number of hits. Since Psy's music video, the company was forced to upgrade their counter as it has exceeded the set number of hits.

The news report added that YouTube now has a 64-bit integer counter for all of its videos, making the maximum number of views for one video 9.22 quintillion.

Psy's follow-up hit "Gentleman" didn't live up to the giant fame of its predecessor. However, Reuters reported that the second hit garnered over 20 million views in the first 24 hours after it was uploaded on the video-sharing website. As of this writing, "Gentleman" has over 850 million views on YouTube.