Czech Republic international Josef Sural killed in minibus accident
• Vehicle was carrying Alanyaspor player and six teammates
• Steven Caulker and Papiss Cissé also in minibus but unharmed
The Czech Republic international Josef Sural has died after a minibus carrying seven members of the Turkish club Aytemiz Alanyaspor’s squad, including the former England defender Steven Caulker and former Newcastle forward Papiss Cissé, crashed on Sunday.
Sural died at a hospital where he and six of his teammates had been taken after the private bus, hired by the players after the 1-1 draw at Kayserispor, veered off the road and down a bank. The club’s chairman, Hasan Cavusoglu, has claimed the driver of the minibus had fallen asleep at the wheel, with a second on-board driver also reportedly resting when the accident occurred.