Horror accident kills 12 Sudanese footballers in Chad

A vehicle carrying a Sudanese refugee football team collided with a water tanker in eastern Chad on Sunday leaving 12 dead and eight others wounded. The men were returning from a friendly football match against a Chadian team on Sunday.The accident happened in the Umm Garas area, 30 kilometres from Kariari refugee camp. According to witnesses, fire broke out following the collision so that the dead were “charred beyond recognition”. They were buried in the vicinity while the wounded were evacuated to a hospital in Umm Garas.File photo by Oliver Chassot/Unamid

A vehicle carrying a Sudanese refugee football team collided with a water tanker in eastern Chad on Sunday leaving 12 dead and eight others wounded. The men were returning from a friendly football match against a Chadian team on Sunday.

The accident happened in the Umm Garas area, 30 kilometres from Kariari refugee camp. According to witnesses, fire broke out following the collision so that the dead were “charred beyond recognition”. They were buried in the vicinity while the wounded were evacuated to a hospital in Umm Garas.

File photo by Oliver Chassot/Unamid