IMAGE: Six young footballers perish, 30 others injured as vehicle enters River Offin.
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Six members of a youth football academy in the Offinso Municipality of the Ashanti Region died on the spot.
This happened after a KIA Pregio vehicle they were travelling in, veered off the road and fell into River Offin.
Four of the victims, who are in critical condition, were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.
26 others who sustained injuries are also on admission at the St. Patrick Hospital at Offinso.
According to police, the team was returning from Kronum Afrancho to Offinso after they went to play a league.
Police say the driver of the vehicle, who was speeding, lost control of the steering wheel and veered off the road into the river.
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