Confed Cup journalist dies after car crash
Reuters - Monday 29 June 2009, 12:03
JOHANNESBURG - A freelance German
journalist covering the Confederations Cup tournament in South
Africa died on Monday after a car accident.
Wolfgang Jost, 57, a former sports editor of the Berlin
newspaper Der Tagesspiegel was injured in the crash last
Thursday while going to a match in Bloemfontein.
He never recovered consciousness after the accident, which
happened on the way to the Spain v United States semi-final.
Three other journalists were also injured in the crash but
survived and have since returned home.
A period of silence was held by journalists before a news
conference held on Monday by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.