Wales team bus involved in crash at Euro 2025 as players left shaken and training cancelled

Wales' team bus was involved in a road collision as they travelled to St Gallen, Switzerland ahead of their next match at the Women's European Championship. Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson says that 'everyone is okay' but adds that her players are 'shaken'.

The Welsh side had been due to train at the Kybunpark stadium in preparation for Wednesday's clash with France but the session has been cancelled. BBC Sport say that an ambulance was at the scene attending to the driver of the other vehicle.

A statement from the Welsh FA read: "The Football Association of Wales can confirm that the Cymru National Team bus has been involved in a road traffic accident whilst travelling to Arena St Gallen for their matchday -1 training session ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Women's EURO 2025 match against France.

"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."

"Our priority is to get them all together and away from the scene," Wilkinson said when she and captain Angharad James arrived at Wales' pre-match press conference. "We'll be checking in to make sure they all continue to be okay.

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"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 okay 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 okay. More importantly I think the driver of the other vehicle is okay as well. We will let everyone know once we know for sure."

On the decision to cancel training, Wilkinson explained: "Yeah, 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."

Wales are chasing a result from their game against France to keep alive their hopes of avoiding an early exit from the tournament. They lost 3-0 to the Netherlands in their opening fixture, and conclude their group stage with a match against England in St Gallen on Sunday.

France, meanwhile, will guarantee their progress to the knockout stages if they win on Wednesday and England fail to beat the Netherlands in Zurich. Laurent Bonadei's team beat England 2-1 in their group opener, and face the Netherlands themselves in Basel at the same time as that England vs Wales match.

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