Ikorodu United in road accident

By Daily Sports on June 18, 2016

Players and officials of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club Ikorodu United were involved in an auto crash that left several persons dead on Friday.

The accident occurred around the ninth mile area in Enugu State.

A trailer coming from the opposite direction almost collided with the bus of the Ikorodu United team but vigilance from their driver saw him swerve sharply to avoid a head-on collision.

The trailer however collided with the vehicle just behind the Ikorodu United bus, killing all passengers on board.

There was however contact between the trailer and the Ikorodu United bus (from the side) just before the head-on collision with the second vehicle.

No member of the Ikorodu United contingent died but several members of the squad suffered varying degrees of injuries as they attempted to jump out of the bus following the incident.

Team Manager of the Oga Boys, Harry Balogun, confirmed the incident to supersport.com.

“We thank God that none of us died but the passengers in the other bus were not so lucky.

“They all died. We were only saved from death by the vigilance of our driver who managed to swerve just in time.

“However, there was still contact with our bus, but from the side.

“The trailer caught fire and the passengers in the vehicle that collided with the trailer all died.

“None of our players died but some of them had bruises and other minor injuries as they tried to jump down from our bus whose doors were all shut at the time of the accident,” he said.

Ikorodu United are currently in 19th position of the NPFL standings.

Text gotten from supersports.com. Photo shows crashed car

 

 

 

 

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 18, 2016


 

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