Wales gamers have been recovering from shock at their lodge in north‑east Switzerland on Tuesday evening after their crew bus was concerned in an accident with a automotive en path to a deliberate coaching session in St Gallen.
An ambulance was known as to the scene and took the motive force of the opposite car to hospital after the collision at about 3.30pm native time. Swiss police stated the motive force was being handled for minor accidents. The Welsh Soccer Affiliation stated everybody on the crew bus, together with the motive force, was unhurt.
A shaken Wales head coach, Rhian Wilkinson, cancelled a partly open coaching session as a consequence of happen on the stadium the place they play France on Wednesday. She as a substitute scheduled a light-weight session at her squad's base at Weinfelden, about half-hour' drive from St Gallen, for Tuesday night as they give attention to their important Group D match.
Wilkinson, the Wales captain, Angharad James, and the crew's media supervisor, Owain Harries, weren't on the bus. They have been pushed to St Gallen in a automotive for a press convention on the stadium.
“I've been assured everybody on the bus is OK,” stated a clearly shocked Wilkinson, who was instructed of the crash shortly after she arrived. “Most significantly, I feel the motive force of the opposite car is OK as properly.
“However soccer is secondary now; we're shaken. Our precedence now could be to get everybody collectively and away from the scene. What does my prep for the France sport appear to be now? I'll see how everyone seems to be first after which make selections.
“We'll be continually checking on everybody concerned and ensuring all of them proceed to be OK. We've practised for the sudden and I suppose that's what you'd name this.”
France beat England of their opening Group D match in Zurich whereas Wales misplaced 3-0 to the Netherlands in Lucerne.
