Leading Togo football players were among at least six people killed when a bus plunged into a ravine and caught fire, officials have said.
The accident happened 100 miles (160km) north of the capital, Lome, as the Etoile Filante (Shooting Star) team were travelling to a match. A number of people were also seriously injured in the incident. Reports said that a tyre burst before the bus toppled over and fell down the ravine. The accident happened on Saturday near the city of Atakpame.
“We do not know how we managed to get out of the accident,” said one of the survivors, goalkeeper Mama Souleyman, according to AP.
All the names of those who died were not immediately known but former national team goalkeeper Charles Balogou was confirmed to have died in the accident.
Images broadcast on Togolese national television showed the smouldering wreckage of the bus, almost completely burnt to ashes.
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Togo footballers killed in bus crash