Morocco World Cup player involved in fatal road accident

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RABAT, July 01, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Morocco’s 21-year-old World Cup
midfielder Amine Harit was involved in a road accident in which a pedestrian
was killed, the Moroccan football federation and local police said Saturday.

Harit was driving a Mercedes car registered in France when the accident in
which the 30-year-old man died occurred shortly after midnight in Marrakesh,
police said.

Police said his 14-year-old brother was in the Mercedes when the accident
happened.

A police spokesman said Harit’s passport had been confiscated and he had
been summoned to appear before prosecutors on Monday.

Harit, who plays for Bundesliga club Schalke 04, was part of the Morocco
side that were eliminated after losing two and drawing one of their first-
round matches at the World Cup in Russia.

Schalke said in a statement: “As the driver of the car involved, he was
unable to prevent the tragic accident.”

The Gelsenkirchen-based club added: “Above all else, Amine and all of us
at FC Schalke would like to send our condolences to the relatives of the
victim.” It said Harit was receiving counselling.

Harit was voted man-of-the match in Morocco’s game against Iran even
though his side lost.