Video: A soccer player was driving at 200 kilometers per hour, flew through the air and crashed into a basketball court

With a recent past in Lazio of Italian football, Sofian Kiyine He signed in September for OH Leuven in Belgium, the club will now lose him for some dates. It is that in the last few hours the institution has published a statement in which it revealed that the 25-year-old Moroccan footballer had suffered several fractures following a brutal accident. Shortly after, the shocking images became known.

The vehicle of the midfielder of Belgian nationality flew through the air in the southern city of Flémalle, near Liège. It was about 7:30 on a Thursday when he was driving more than 200 kilometers on a highway that had a speed limit of 90 km/h at the scene of the accident. Kiyine collided with a roundabout, was thrown and crashed hard into a gymnasium.

For seconds, it didn’t end in tragedy. As soon as “eleven seconds” Before the accident, it was girls playing sports on the basketball court which ended up destroyed by the violence of the impact. No one was injured, but they heard the thunderous sound.

In this regard, the mayor of the commune Sophie Thémont launched the DH Sports newspaper: “We have come close to a catastrophe.”

This was shown by the images of the interior of the sports center which circulated on social networks the damage with the car overturned to the side in full court. There is also a hole in the wall where the car entered. And a pile of rubble has slid across the playing sector. A movie scene. But even more shocking was a security camera recording of the exterior.

In the filming appears the black mercedes benz circling at high speed until flying about 60 meters in the air until crashing into the Louis Melin Sports Complex, which housed basketball and gymnastics clubs.

Kiyine’s health

Fortunately, the footballer’s life is not in danger, despite suffering several fractures, OH Leuven said in a statement.

“Sofian Kiyine was taken to the nearest hospital emergency room where further tests are underway and his life is not in danger. Fortunately, no other vehicles or people were involved in the accident,” the club said on Friday.

Peter Willems, chief executive of Belgium’s top division soccer team and running for center table, said everyone was “very shocked and shocked” by the situation. “Certainly there is talk of speeding, but nobody knows exactly what it was. The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known,” he slipped.

“We are waiting for the investigation. We also want to talk to Sofian about what exactly happened and then we will see the next steps. He was very lucky. We realize that it could have ended much worse. I myself am a father of children of that age, so they don’t have to explain anything to me. I totally understand,” he concluded.

Kiyine returned to Belgian football from Lazio and has a contract with OH Leuven until 2026. In the beginning of his career he was with Standard Liège until later playing for various football clubs: Chievo Verona , Salernitana, Venice and Lazio.