米プロバスケットボール(NBA)の元スター選手のコービー・ブライアントさん(41)が1月26日朝、米ロサンゼルス近郊のカラバサスでヘリコプター事故で死亡したと米メディアが報じた。
ヘリコプターに同乗していた5人が死亡し、そのなかにブライアントさんと娘さんが含まれていたという。
BREAKING NEWS: The retired basketball player, Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. pic.twitter.com/ijJO9xdiLk
— GabDG Media (@GabdgMedia) January 26, 2020
BREAKING NEWS: The retired basketball player, Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Kobe Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his daughter, Gianna. Those aboard the helicopter also included another player and parent, sources told @wojespn.
There were no survivors of the crash, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. pic.twitter.com/7ik13Qwm9m
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 26, 2020
コービーの死を受けて米国のトランプ米大統領、オバマ前大統領もツイート。
Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020
Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2020