KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 -- A driver was killed while top Japanese shuttler Kento Momota was injured when the van carrying him and three other players rammed into a 30-tonne lorry along the Maju Expressway (MEX) this morning.

Momota, 26, current world champion and the world number one men's singles shuttler, just won the Malaysian Masters 2020 last night.

According to Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director Norazam Khamis, the accident involved Momota, Japanese players Hirayama Yu, 35, and Marimoto Akifumi, 42, along with UK's William Thomas, 30.

Norazam said the van driver, identified as 24-year-old N. Bavan, died at the scene, while the four shuttlers were sent to Hospital Putrajaya and are being treated for minor injuries....