Jlloyd Samuel Death | 15 May

Jlloyd Samuel Death | 15 May 

Death Details

Died on 15 May 2018

Place: High legh, Cheshire England

Reason: Car Crash

There were tributes from across football for the former Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers defender Jlloyd Samuel who was killed in a car crash in Cheshire on Tuesday at the age of 37. Bad news for all. He were married to Emma Pritchard.

The former Trinidad and Tobago international, who retired after a period playing professionally in the Iranian Pro League, was killed in an accident in High Legh near Lymm where he lived with his wife Emma and his three children Javarne, Lakyle and Amara. His Range Rover was in a collision with a van and Samuel was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

Cheshire Police said that the van driver, a 54-year-old man, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries. Samuel had been player and coach at the local non-league side Egerton FC in League One of the Cheshire Football League along with his friend Nathan Ellington, formerly of Wigan Athletic among others.

Samuel said last year that he was enjoying just playing and coaching after a long and successful professional career in which he made 219 Premier League appearances and was capped by Trinidad and Tobago, the country of his birth. His son Lakyle is understood to be at the Manchester City academy, also attended by the son of Samuel’s friend Emile Heskey.

The pundit Robbie Savage is the Under-12s coach at Egerton and Samuel used his contacts to persuade other famous former professionals to play, including Danny Webber, once of Manchester United and Watford, and Emmerson Boyce with whom he played at Wigan.

Samuel was capped by England at Under-18s, Under-20s and Under-21s level and although he was called up to a senior squad by Sven-Goran Eriksson for a friendly against Sweden in March 2004, he was never capped and later went on to represent Trinidad and Tobago. He played nine years at Villa and another four at Bolton.

Cheshire Police said in a statement: “At around 7.55am police were called following reports of a collision involving a van and a Range Rover near to Costcutter on West Lane. Sadly the driver of the car, Jlloyd Samuel, 37, from Lymm, died at the scene. His next of kin have been informed and are currently being supported by specially trained officers. The driver of the van, a 54-year-old man, sustained serious injuries and has been taken to hospital for treatment.”