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Footage emerged on August 25, Friday, in which the players of Gillingham football club were in a BMW, which collided into a wall before following through into a parked car nearby, on a residential street, surviving major injuries in the process. The accident happened when the out-of-control car spun around and drove over the brickwork at around 10:50 AM on the Woodlands Road in Gillingham.
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The footballers who are believed to be involved in the crash were right-back Cheye Alexander, midfielders Jonny Williams, Timothee Dieng, George Lapslie, and striker Macauley Bonne, according to the report from Kent Online. It was further revealed that these players were either on their way to or from the training ground of Gillingham.
Watch the BMW crash involving Gillingham players here:
The spokesperson of the Police was quoted as saying about the accident, “Kent Police was called at 10.51am to a collision involving three cars. Officers attended the scene where no injuries were reported, and arrangements were made to recover one of the vehicles.”
A resident who was working from home on the morning of the accident said to Kent Online, “It looked like everyone was okay because there were no ambulances. The players got picked up by colleagues in other cars and then the driver [of the BMW] waited. Police were there waiting for recovery, but it looks like the car has been recovered now.”
“It looks like it’s caused a lot of damage. The neighbours are shocked. The guy who lived there was opening his curtains as it happened so he saw it. This road has a school on it. It’s lucky it’s school holiday time or people could have been hurt,” they added.
The head of media and communications of Gillingham FC, Phill Catterrick, declined to share his thoughts on the accident, calling it “not a club matter.”
