Trabzonspor player involved in car crash after Hearts match as Man Utd loanee update sent
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A Trabzonspor player was involved in a car crash following the club’s 2-0 win over Hearts on Thursday.
Goalkeeper Andre Onana, on loan from Manchester United, played the league phase match in the Conference League that was settled by goals from Mo Salah and Franculino. Hearts’ next European match is in Switzerland at Thun but Onana was involved in a collision shortly after leaving Papara Park. The on-loan Manchester United player was not hurt in the incident.
Reporting from Turkish outlet 61 Saat reads: “Following Trabzonspor's 2-0 victory over Hearts in the second week of the UEFA Conference League, Andre Onana was involved in a traffic accident.
What happened after Trabzonspor 2-0 Hearts
“According to initial reports, the Cameroonian goalkeeper, who was on his way home after the match at Papara Park, was involved in a chain-reaction traffic accident in the Yomra area. According to reports, Onana's vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle. The impact caused Onana's vehicle to collide with the vehicle in front of it, resulting in a chain reaction accident.
“It has been reported that Onana and her family members, who were also in the vehicle at the time of the accident, escaped unharmed and are in good health. Club officials also arrived at the scene and are closely monitoring Onana's condition.”
Club president said afterwards Ertugrul Dogan : "Andre Onana was involved in a road traffic accident earlier this evening," he stated. There are no problems with him, and we wish him a speedy recovery."
Thun meanwhile warmed up for the Hearts game with a narrow home loss against Hadjum Split. Dallison de Almedia’s first half effort was enough to keep them on zero points after an opening game loss against FC Twente. Next at Tynecastle will be Monaco in late November and they showed their strength with a convincing 3-0 win over Bundesliga side Freiburg. Paris Brunner, Lamine Camara and Ansu Fati all scored in a show of strength by the Ligue 1 hosts.
Hearts will also face Bosnia’s Borac Banja Luka at home and they got off the mark with a 2-0 success over KuPS. Stefan Savic and Matej Deket struck while the Jambos’ final league phase opponents, Pafos, were held at home by Riga. Caio Ferreira grabbed the leveller that claimed a point for the Cypriot hosts after Riga got in front through Brazilian attacker Biel.
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