Right-hander Masao Kida, who signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last month, has been injured along with his interpreter in a traffic accident, team sources said Sunday.

Kida, who was driving from Orlando, Fla., en route to the team's spring training site in Vero Beach, sustained injuries late on Saturday to his abdomen, right ankle and lower back in a head-on collision with a vehicle that reportedly crossed the divider.

Kida was scheduled to report to the minor league camp on Sunday, but has been hospitalized and will require at least four weeks to recover.

Teppei Shiokawa, an interpreter for the Dodgers pitching staff who was riding in the passenger's seat, was critically injured and is in intensive care, the sources said.