{"id":1214249,"date":"2022-09-30T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/us-based-ghanaian-footballer-dies-in-car-crash\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:12:01","slug":"us-based-ghanaian-footballer-dies-in-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/us-based-ghanaian-footballer-dies-in-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"US-based Ghanaian footballer dies in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"47.951732673267\">\n<p><figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugene Quaynor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Ghanaian footballer based in the United States, Eugene Quaynor has died.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old was involved in a car accident on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, in South Tulsa, US.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the student-athlete who played for the Flint City Bucks was at a stop light when an SUV with a drunk driver crashed into the back of his car.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.125\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We mourn the loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORUMSoccer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ORUMSoccer<\/a> student-athlete, Eugene Quaynor. Eugene was the epitome of the mission we strive for. He was a captain and had a spirit-empowered heart ready to impact the world for Jesus. His infectious smile will be missed, but we will never forget #27. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/peL9daBkoB\">pic.twitter.com\/peL9daBkoB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ORU Athletics (@ORUAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORUAthletics\/status\/1575514836825305089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The impact pushed Eugene\u2019s vehicle through the intersection into a wall after which it caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>Police said all attempts by witnesses present to drag the footballer to safety proved futile.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the Oral Roberts University Athletics department eulogised the deceased saying \u201cEugene was the epitome of the mission we strive for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a captain and had a spirit-empowered heart ready to impact the world for Jesus. His infectious smile will be missed, but we will never forget #27,\u201d the tweet stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.2957746478873\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of a beloved ORU student, who passed away last night at the hands of a drunk driver. Our prayers go out to the friends and family of Eugene Quaynor. \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zDiKQrV9l\">pic.twitter.com\/8zDiKQrV9l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barstool Oral (@Barstool_ORU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Barstool_ORU\/status\/1575497565658746880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Quaynor was the captain of Oral Roberts University\u2019s men\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n<p>He also majored in sports management at the institution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.9845360824742\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOOOOAAAALLL! Reed Berry scores to make it 2-0! Eugene Quaynor credited with the assist. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ORUMSoc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ORUMSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldenStandard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoldenStandard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdO6X316Xk\">pic.twitter.com\/kdO6X316Xk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ORU Men\u2019s Soccer (@ORUMSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORUMSoccer\/status\/1358510186110070787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A local league in the community, The Summit, has also postponed Saturday\u2019s fixtures \u201cdue to the devastating loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORUMSoccer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@ORUMSoccer<\/a> student-athlete Eugene Quaynor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"WexYEnRRrLA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dee Eretwa Guo - Premtobre Kasee (30-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WexYEnRRrLA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene Quaynor A Ghanaian footballer based in the United States, Eugene Quaynor has died. The 23-year-old was involved in a car accident on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, in South Tulsa, US. According to police, the student-athlete who played for the Flint City Bucks was at a stop light when an SUV with a drunk driver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1214250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}