CONAKRY, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinean football is in mourning following a terrible road accident involving second-tier team Club Sportif Etoile de Guinee.
The accident claimed the lives of eight players with 17 others seriously injured.
Etoile were leaving for the city of Kankan for a league fixture against newly-promoted Karfamoriah there on account of the first day of the second-tier season.
The tragic accident happened on Timbo-Mamou stretch about 250 kilometres from the capital Conakry.
Local publication Guinee Foot, put the death toll at 11, saying there is a possibility of many more casualties from the accident that “was caused by a defect in the bus’ braking system.”
The tragedy is the second to hit Guinean football in recent months after three people aboard the team bus of Ligue 1 side Wakriya AC died after the bus hit a stationary truck outside Conakry.
