DStv Premiership side TS Galaxy’s team bus was involved in a accident on the N4/Schoemanskloof Road on Tuesday afternoon, in which the driver of a VW Polo was killed, according to reports.
None of the TS Galaxy players or members of staff on the bus were harmed in the incident.
Galaxy are set to play Sundowns in a DStv Premiership encounter on Wednesday evening at Mbombela Stadium.
On a bleak day for South African football, this news followed the passing in the early hours of Tuesday morning of former Kaizer Chiefs defender and much-loved soccer pundit Siphiwe Mkhonza.
The Premier Soccer League announced that there would be a moment’s silence for Mkonza at all DStv Premiership, Motsepe Foundation Championship and DStv Diski Challenge matches this week.
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