12 January,2015 07:47 AM IST | | Agencies
Belgian under-21 international and Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda died when a car he was travelling in smashed into a tree, the German club said on Saturday
Junior Malanda
Berlin: Belgian under-21 international and Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda died when a car he was travelling in smashed into a tree, the German club said on Saturday.
Junior Malanda
The 20-year-old, who died at the scene of the accident, had been a back seat passenger when the driver lost control and slid off the road, police said.
The two other people in the car survived. Malanda had been on his way to join up with his Wolfsburg teammates for a winter-break in South Africa, but died on his way to Hanover airport.