It is understood that the car accident occurred early this morning. At that time, world men's singles champion Kento Momota, Japanese women's singles coach Yu Hirayama, British player William and Japanese player Marimoto were traveling to Kuala Lumpur Airport by car, but unexpect

Text/Yangcheng Pai reporter Su Yun

Momota Kento, who had just won the Malaysia Masters Men's Singles Championship, was involved in a car accident on his way to Kuala Lumpur International Airport this morning. Fortunately, he was only slightly injured, but the driver responsible for driving was on the spot. Death.

Momota Kento is currently in the hospital

Momota Kento is currently ranked No. 1 in the world. He made a good start to the season at the Malaysian Masters yesterday, defeating Danish star Viktor Axelsen to win the championship. He originally planned to take an early flight to Indonesia .

It is understood that the car accident occurred early this morning. At that time, world men's singles champion Momota Kento, Japanese women's singles coach Yu Hirayama, British player William and Japanese player Marimoto were driving to Kuala Lumpur airport together, but unexpectedly at the Lumbu Avenue At 13.7 kilometers, the vehicle the four people were traveling in rear-ended a truck in front of them.

The driver of the vehicle transporting Momota and others died on the spot. The other four people were injured and were rushed to Putrajaya Hospital for treatment.

Malaysian star Lee Chong Wei went to the hospital to visit Momota Kento

It is reported that Momota was only slightly injured and nothing serious. However, Momota Kento originally planned to transfer from Malaysia to Indonesia to participate in the Masters, but he has currently withdrawn from this tournament.

source | Yangcheng faction
picture | Xinhua News Agency
editor | Hao Haoyu

intern | Ou Jialu