- Moments after the encounter Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha lost his helicopter in a crash outside the King Power Stadium
- It is still unclear how many passengers were on board the helicopter before the crash
The helicopter of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed outside the King Power Stadium moments after Super Eagles star Wilfred Ndidi saved the Foxes' from defeat in Saturday’s Premier League clash against West Ham.
According to a UK Mirror report, quoting eye witness account, the incident took place at the club’s car park as police cars, ambulances and other security details were reportedly making efforts to reach the scene. it would have been double tragedy for the Foxes, but Ndidi’s 89th minute leveler ensured the home side
shared the spoils with the Hammers, who were few minutes from claiming all points, courtesy of Fabien Balbuena's opener.
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Interestingly, club owner Srivaddhanaprabha, usually leave the King Power Stadium via his helicopter after every home match.
This helicopter crashed in the club car park after the match Reacting moments after the crash, Leicestershire police
released statement that they are on top of the incident that had a huge smoke and accompanying fire, cover outside the stadium.
"We are dealing with an incident in the vicinity of the King Power Stadium. Emergency services are aware and
dealing, ” the police statement read in part.
Leicester owner helicopter crashes after Wilfred Ndidi saves club from defeat
Already, club legend Gary Lineker reacted about the crash, via his official Twitter handle.
"Hearing that the Leicester City owners’ helicopter has crashed in the club’s car park."
Equally, Leicester defence ace Harry Maguire took to the social media to share prayer emojis with a video clip of the fire.
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Helicopter crash looks horrendous. Not sure yet if any, or how many casualties. Thoughts with everyone concerned.
Mr Geoff Peters @mrgeoffpeters Theres a major incident by the King Power Stadium. Emergency services attending.
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Another eyewitness summed up: “I saw it all. It was clearly in trouble and only just managed to get over the stadium before it started whirling around and coming down.” Leicester City
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Ndidi's late goal earns #lcfc a point at King Power Stadium. #LeiWhu
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It is unclear how many passengers were on board the helicopter at the time of the crash.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously had reported that Ndidi was among Super Eagles squad members that were in action as Odion Ighalo scored in each half of the match as the Super Eagles recorded a narrow 3-2 win over Libya in Sfax, Tunisia.
The match started on a bright note for the Nigerian side as Ahmed Musa combined well with Alex Iwobi to find Ighalo in the box who had an easy tap-in after 14
minutes.
The Changchun Yatai striker returned the favour three minutes later as he found Musa who forced his way into three Libyan defenders before scoring Nigeria's
second.
Libya responded in the 35th minute as a near post header by Mohamed Zubya completely beat Francis Uzoho in goal to make it 2-1.
The second half became more difficult for the three- time African champions as Libya piled up the pressure. And the long wait for an equalizer finally came as Ahmad Benali made it 2-2 in the 74th minute after an initial Uzoho's save fell kindly into his path as he tucked it away to keep the game open.
However, an individual brilliance from Ighalo gave Nigeria a crucial victory as he beat two defenders and drove in left-foot shot to make it 3-2.
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