Czech International Striker Josef Sural Dies In Team Bus Crash, Aged 28

Josef Sural has sadly passed away after a bus carrying several of Aytemiz Alanyaspor's players crashed.

The Czech international striker, 28, died at the hospital where he was taken after a bus carrying them back from a game at Kayserispor crashed.

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"We have learned with deep sorrow that Josef Sural lost his life as a result of an accident carrying seven football players from Alanyaspor," the club posted on Twitter.

Besiktas and Galatasaray also posted a message in tribute to Sural.

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According to Alanyaspor's chairman Hasan Çavuşoğlu, the bus had two drivers and both fell asleep.

"According to information I received from our police chief, despite there being two drivers on the vehicle, they were both asleep," Çavuşoğlu said.

"The crash happened as a result of them both being asleep."

The two drivers have been detained by police and an investigation into the incident has been launched.

Ex-Spurs defender Steven Caulker and former Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse were also on board the bus which crashed.

Caulker is "safe, but badly shaken up" following the tragic ordeal in the early hours of Monday morning, per Mirror.

Sural only joined Alanyaspor from Sparta Prague in January. He earned 20 international caps, scoring once for his country.

Rest in peace, Sural.

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