Guinean football is in mourning following a terrible road accident involving second-tier team Club Sportif Etoile de Guinee.
The accident claimed the lives of eight players with seventeen others seriously injured.
Etoile were leaving for the city of Kankan for a league fixture against newly-promoted Karfamoriah there on account of the first day of the second-tier season.
The tragic accident happened on Timbo-Mamou stretch about 250 kilometres from the capital Conakry.
Few months ago top-flight side Wakriya AC were also a victim of a road accident which claimed the lives of three people, including the driver.
Source:Â GHANAsoccernet.com