Tragic Loss: Young Promising Ghanaian Foreign Football Star ,16, Dies After Drowning
Newton Opoku-Mensah, a promising 16-year-old footballer with Fortuna Dusseldorf‘s youth team, has tragically lost his life following a drowning accident. On Tuesday, Opoku-Mensah went for a swim in Lake Berta in Duisburg with a friend. During their outing, he dove into the lake but failed to resurface. Despite immediate efforts by bystanders and rescue teams, who managed to pull him from the water and perform initial resuscitation, Opoku-Mensah later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
The news has sent shockwaves through the football community, prompting Fortuna Dusseldorf to suspend all activities for their youth teams, ranging from U9 to U19. The club expressed profound grief and solidarity with Opoku-Mensah’s family and teammates, noting the deep impact of his loss on everyone involved.
Local police are investigating the circumstances of the tragic event, aiming to reconstruct the events leading up to the accident. Opoku-Mensah, a German national of Ghanaian descent, was widely regarded as a bright and promising young talent and his untimely death is a significant loss to the sport.
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