Ghana FA officials visit young footballers involved in Offinso bus accident

Published on: 20 September 2020

 

Ghana FA officials paid a visit to the victims of Saturday's tragic accident involving young Ghanaian footballers, with eight confirmed dead and others currently on admission at the St.Patrick Hospital in Offinso, Ashanti Region.

The FA was represented there by Executive Council member Frederick Acheampong, Ashanti Regional Association Chairman, Osei Tutu Agyemang, Executive Council Members, and NJC member Chairman Kamarat,

The deaths of the eight young footballers who were killed in the accident while returning from a registration centre ahead of the start of the new season.

The players aged between 12 and 15 died in the Ashanti Region after the driver of the bus carrying players of Africa Vision Soccer Academy lost control and the vehicle plunged into the Offinso river on Saturday.

Four others are fighting for their lives hospital after the front tyre of the bus burst while on the Offinso River, robbing the driver of his control of the steering wheel before the vehicle plunged into the river.

Six players died instantly following the accident in the Ashanti Region and two more succumbed by Saturday night in the hospital where the critically injured players were undergoing treatment.

The delegation has been ordered to send an immediate report to the GFA headquarters in Accra after the visit for the federation to decide on the support to be offered the injured and relatives of the deceased.

 

 

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