{"id":708,"date":"2011-11-27T02:37:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T02:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/togo-footballers-die-in-bus-crash\/"},"modified":"2011-11-27T02:37:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T02:37:26","slug":"togo-footballers-die-in-bus-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/27\/togo-footballers-die-in-bus-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Togo footballers die in bus crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>27 November 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>02:37 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/56962000\/gif\/_56962686_togo_atakpame.gif\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"Locator map\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Leading Togo football players were among at least six people killed when a bus plunged into a ravine and caught fire, officials have said.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened 100 miles (160km) north of the capital, Lome, as the Etoile Filante [Shooting Star] team was travelling to a match.<\/p>\n<p>A number of people were also seriously injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said that a tyre burst before the bus toppled over and fell down the ravine.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened on Saturday near the city of Atakpame.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not know how we managed to get out of the accident,&#8221; said one of the survivors, goalkeeper Mama Souleyman, according to AP.<\/p>\n<p>The names of those who died were not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>Images broadcast on Togolese national television showed the smouldering wreckage of the bus, almost completely burnt to ashes.<\/p>\n<p>Those injured have reportedly been ordered to be taken to a military hospital in the capital, Lome, by President Faure Gnassingbe.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, two members of the Togo national football squad, and an Angolan bus driver, were killed after the team bus was attacked by separatist rebels in Angola.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Togo Sports Minister Richard Attipoe was among 22 people who died when a helicopter carrying Togolese soccer fans and officials crashed in Sierra Leone after an African Cup qualifying match.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 27 November 2011 Last updated at 02:37 GMT Leading Togo football players were among at least six people killed when a bus plunged into a ravine and caught fire, officials have said. 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