On the evening of August 14, an obituary about the death of "Lin Wenqin, the founder of Meiyihao, died in a car accident" circulated online. Red Star News reporters learned from a number of insiders that Mr. Lin Wenqin, the founder of Shangshan Ruoshui Investment Management Company, Yi tong Tianxia Catering Management Company and Meiyihao Brand Management Company, died at 14:00 on August 12 due to a traffic accident.
Lin Wenqin. According to the "beauty of a good" WeChat public account
According to the obituary released by the "MeiYiHao" WeChat public account: At 14:00 on August 12, Lin Wenqin enabled the automatic driving function (NOP pilot status) while driving the NIO ES8 car, and then had a traffic accident in the Hanjiang section of the Shenhai Expressway, and unfortunately died at the age of 31.
As the founder of a number of catering companies, Lin Wenqin has successively founded a number of well-known restaurant chain brands such as "Yiqi Hong Kong-style Afternoon Tea", "Daxi Spicy Mix", "Pot Juxia" and "Jia Ru Hua Jia Powder", with more than 500 franchise stores nationwide.
The "Beauty one good" WeChat public account released Lin Wenqin's obituary of his death
As for whether the accident is related to the auxiliary function of the car pilot, Mr. Zheng, a former friend of Lin Wenqin, told Red Star News that the Putian high-speed traffic police are still under investigation and cannot provide relevant evidence. However, according to the information they learned, Lin Wenqin turned on the car's "pilot assist" function when the accident occurred, and directly hit the accident in front of the car.
Introduction to Pilot Assist functions. Image according to Weibo
"It has been checked that he (Lin Wenqin) did not take drugs and drunk driving, and the person in charge of the Minnan District of Fujian Province of Weilai Company also confirmed to the traffic police verbally by telephone that the vehicle was in a state of automatic driving at that time." Mr. Zheng introduced.
Mr. Zheng told Red Star News that after the incident, he and several other friends temporarily set up a "Mr. Lin Wenqin Funeral Group" to assist Lin Wenqin's family in handling the aftermath. ”
On the evening of the 14th, a staff member of Weilai Automobile responded to the Red Star News reporter that the company did receive news about Mr. Lin Wenqin, "but I am not clear about the specific situation of the incident." ”
In the WeChat mini program "Weilai", the Red Star News reporter saw that the user "Zhang Bo-Xiamen", who was marked as the owner of the ES8 Genesis Edition, had posted that Mr. Lin Wenqin, a user of Weilai, was driving a vehicle and hit a engineering vehicle in operation in the Hanjiang section of the Shenhai Expressway, and unfortunately died, which they felt very sad about. The user also said that they are cooperating with the local traffic police and other relevant departments to investigate the accident, and will assist the user's family to do a good job in the aftermath.
In the WeChat Mini Program "Weilai", the user "Zhang Bo-Xiamen" marked as the owner of the ES8 Genesis Edition posted a related article
At the bottom of the article, Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai, also left a message saying that he was sad that such an excellent young entrepreneur passed away. Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of WEI, also left a message of condolence.
In the WeChat mini program "Weilai", Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai, left a message about it
Red Star News reporter Luo Mengjie
Edited by Li Binbin
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