According to an update from DR Congo football club, TP Mazembe, one of its standout former players, Rainford Kalaba, isn’t dead as reported early on Saturday, April 13 but rather has been placed in an artificial coma.
The long serving Mazembe player whose time at the club ended in 2023, was pronounced dead by emergency service workers after sustaining significant injuries in a head on collision car accident with a heavy truck.
However, TP Mazembe have clarified the news stating in a release that the Zambia football legend has been placed in an artificial coma by doctors and is in a critical condition.
This update on Kalaba’s “critical condition” was buttressed by statements from African sports journalist Osasu Obayiuwana and Zambia based Kennedy Gondwe.
The Zambian Chipolopolo star Rainford Kalaba and his lady friend met their untimely death yesterday, April 13th, 2024, afternoon.
Their vehicle was involved in an accident in Kafue.
See the pictures of the accident below
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