14 July,2017 01:08 PM IST | Accra | IANS
One person was killed and several others were injured when the official bus of the Ghana Premier League club Kumasi Asante Kotoko was involved in an accident, it announced
A picture taken on July 12, 2017, shows a memorial for the 127 for who died during a local derby between Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club and Accra Hearts of Oak in 2001 at the Accra Sports Stadium. One person was killed and dozens more injured when a bus conveying Ghana's Asante Kotoko football team rammed into a stationary truck after a match, police said on July 13. The Premier League side was heading back to the central city of Kumasi after a 1-0 defeat to Inter Allies in the capital. Pic/AFP
One person was killed and several others were injured when the official bus of the Ghana Premier League club Kumasi Asante Kotoko was involved in an accident, it announced.
The accident took place after the bus rammed into the rear of a tipper truck carrying fertilizer while the team was returning from the city of Tema where they had lost their mid-week league game to Inter Allies late Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
The victim is Kofi Asare, the Equipment Officer of the Kumasi-based club is reported dead.
Meanwhile, head coach Steven Polack; midfielder Ollennu Ashitey and the bus driver, Nana Berkye are receiving treatment.
Although police are yet to state the actual cause of the accident, witnesses told the local media that the Kotoko bus ran into the tipper truck which had either been parked without any warning signals or had been moving so slowly ahead of the bus.
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, also known as Asante Kotoko, was founded in 1935. They have been champions of the Ghana Premier League a record 24 times, and have won the CAF Champions League twice.
The International Federation of Football History and Statistics ranked Asante Kotoko the African club of the 20th century.
