Ex-Black Queens defender to be buried on Saturday

Ex-Ghana international Patricia Ofori will be buried on Saturday after she was killed in a motor accident in April.

The mortal remains of the former Black Queens defender has arrived in the country pending her final funeral rites and burial in Accra.


The 29-year-old, who played in two World Cups for Ghana, lost control of her Ford Mustang while driving south on Pulaski Pike just outside Huntsville on April 21.


Her car slid into the northbound lane, where it was hit by a pickup truck and caught fire.

Patricia Ofori was an alumini of Alabama A&M University where she excelled in her football and studies.


Ofori started her career in Ghana with Mawuena Ladies before she was called into the national team in 2003.