Wales team bus involved in crash on way to stadium at Euro 2025 | Football | Sport
A bus carrying Wales players and staff was involved in a road traffic collision on Tuesday, it has been revealed. A training session was due to take place at the Arena St Gallen in Switzerland ahead of their second Euro 2025 group stage match against France on Wednesday. However, the session had to be abruptly cancelled because of the crash involving their bus.
The news was announced at the start of a scheduled press conference on Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were reported among the players but an ambulance was on scene attending to the driver of another vehicle, according to BBC Sport. The collision took place near the team hotel, the Wellneshotel Golfpanorama in Lipperswil.
Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson, who was not on the bus at the time of the collision, said: “This is really developing right now so we are trying to be as clear and transparent as possible.
“I think everyone, from all reports, is OK and we just need to get them all together and get everyone away from the scene to reassess. We’ve got great staff, great support and we will make sure that everyone continues to be OK.
“More importantly I think the driver of the other vehicle is OK as well. We will let everyone know once we know for sure.
“Football is secondary and I think, yes we are shaken because we are away from the team right now knowing that they’ve had to experience that, but equally we have a great group and I have been assured that everyone is fine.
“We have practiced for the unexpected, that’s what we can call this. We will check in with everyone and make sure they are all in a good spot and we can focus on the football again after that.”
Asked if the team had a clean bill of health following the crash, Wilkinson said: “Yes, we do, apart from my voice. We’ve obviously had this event today and I need to check in on that but yes, the team is in good shape and all ready to go.
“This has happened literally just as we were coming in here so we have been in the media vehicle and the rest of the team is on the bus.
“They are near the hotel, so still quite far from the stadium, and our first thing we’ve done is to make sure they are away from the scene and get them to a place where they are all together.
“It’s about not over-reacting, just making sure they are all together and with the right people around them to make decisions. What does our prep look like now? Well, I will find out how the team is and we will look at that.”
In a statement, the Football Association of Wales said: “All passengers on the Cymru National Team bus and in the other vehicle are unharmed.
“The FAW’s priority has been to remove the players from the scene and return to the Cymru training base to complete their preparations for tomorrow’s match.”
