Boxing Superstar Francis Ngannou ‘Involved In Fatal Motorcycle Crash With A 17-Year-Old In Cameroon’

Francis Ngannou, a former UFC champion, has reportedly been involved in a fatal motorcycle accident in Cameroon.

Ngannou, 38, was riding the motorcycle when he ‘was in a collision with a 17-year-old girl’ in the Omnisports district of Yaounde, according to Camer.be, Lebledparle and ActuCameroun, three publications in the country.

While the exact circumstances of the crash remain unknown, it is reported that she suffered severe injuries to her arm and leg and Ngannou rushed her to hospital himself before she died at Yaounde General Hospital.

The victim has been named by local press as Ntsama Brigitte Manuella and Ngannou is said to be ‘devastated’.

He ‘paid her medical expenses’ and the Cameroonian authorities will now investigate the tragic crash, that occurred over Easter weekend.

Mail Sport have contacted Ngannou’s representatives for comment. Fight sport sources say he has been unreachable for a number of days.

The story was first reported by Cameroon-Online and there were conflicting accounts, with one claiming Ngannou was in a vehicle that struck the victim on a motorbike and another stating she was a pedestrian and he was riding the bike at the time.

Ngannou posted a selection of photos of himself on a motorbike a month ago and it appeared to be an off-road vehicle out in the Cameroonian countryside but it is not known whether the same bike was in the fatal crash.

It is a somber and tragic update in what has already been a horrendous couple of years for the MMA star-turned boxer.