Eight footballers die in serious road accident in Guinea, 17 others injured

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 seventeen 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.

Few months ago top-flight side Wakriya AC were also a victim of a road accident which claimed the lives of three people, including the driver.