SEOUL: Lebanon’s ambassador to South Korea died in a car accident Thursday in Seoul, police said.

Jad Saeed El-Hassan was driving his car by himself when it hit another vehicle inside a tunnel, police officers said on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.

He was taken to a hospital, where doctors said the diplomat had died before his arrival, according to officials at the Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital. Two South Koreans in the second car were slightly injured and taken to another hospital.