Ghana FA consoles bereaved families of Offinso Juvenile club tragic accident

Published on: 20 September 2020
Ghana FA consoles bereaved families of Offinso Juvenile club tragic accident
Ghana FA

The Ghana Football Association has confirmed the Offinso-based Juvenile club involved in a tragic accident on Saturday, 19 September 2020, had travelled to register their players for the upcoming season.

The driver of the bus carrying the juvenile team lost control and the vehicle plunged into a the Offinso river.

Six players died on the spot and two later confirmed dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

The local football governing body issued a statement late Saturday to express their condolence to the family of the eight young footballers who died after the tragedy.

A statement read: ''The leadership of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), and the National Juvenile Committee (NJC) have learnt of the passing of six juvenile football players on Saturday, September 18, 2020 at Offinso, near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

''The GFA wishes to express our deepest condolences to the family of the six young footballers who passed away after the car they were traveling on, submerged.

''We are informed that the players and their handlers were headed to Afrancho having undergone their District Colts football registration exercise at Offinso.

''The GFA and the NJC have dispatched a team to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi to visit the accident victims.

''A GFA contingent made up  of Ashanti RFA Chairman Osei Tutu (Kotoro), Exco members, Fred Acheampong, Madam Habiba Attah and NJC member Chairman Kamarat will visit the injured and console the bereaved families.''

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