In the recent tragic incident, it has been seen that Leicester City has now confirmed the death of its chairman VichaiSrivaddhanaprabha. This incident occurred when the helicopter in which he is travelling was crashed outside the club’s King Power Stadium on Saturday. It was said that after an hour of the club’s 1-1 draw which came against West Ham, the helicopter of Srivaddhanaprabha has then taken off from the centre of the stadium pitch. After it clears the stands, it then got crashed after some seconds.
In this crash Srivaddhanaprabha, who is 60 had died along with four others who all are there in the helicopter. He uses this helicopter to travel between the stadium and London. Earlier the board said that they could not confirm about the death, but after some time they confirmed that the chairman was dead in this crash. In the year 2010, Srivaddhanaprabha has bought the Leicester city for about £39 million or $50 million. After six years of buying, the club has then won the Premier League at odds of 5,000-1.
On the night of the Saturday, the pictures, as well as the video that is posted on the social media, shows how the helicopter is up in flames and smoke is coming out into the air from the crash site near the stadium car park. As per the reports, it is said that many people have left the stadium after the match, but there are still some who are present at the incident site.
After this incident, other clubs, as well as players too, expressed their concern at news of the crash. The Premier League has tweeted in its account that all the thoughts from all at the Premier League are with each one who all got affected by this incident.
