This Saturday, we learned that Antwerp player, Eliot Matazo, had been involved in a serious road accident during which he allegedly hit a cyclist. “According to initial findings, the cyclist was blinded by the sun and ran a red light. As usual in these types of accidents, Eliot underwent saliva and blood alcohol tests, both of which were found to be “Nothing indicates that there was excessive speed either”, announced the Antwerp club in a press release, before wishing a happy outcome.
But according to our colleagues from Nieuwsblad, the cyclist, an 85-year-old, died from his injuries. “The police received confirmation on Saturday evening of the victim’s death,” writes the Nieuwsblad.
According to Antwerp, it was an “unfortunate accident”, and the player, on loan from AS Monaco, would be “very affected by the events”.
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