“This afternoon Our player Aitor Gandiaga Gerrikagoitia has died in a traffic accident at the age of 23. We join the feeling of pain of all his family and the people of Markina. We will never let your memory fade Gandi ”.
This is how Gernika announced the death of its young footballer. Aitor Gandiaga, 23 years old and trained in Lezama, died this afternoon in a traffic accident. The vehicle he was driving, specifically, has collided with a bus.
The reactions in a sign of mourning have not been long in coming after the news broke. From Athletic to Muniain through Ibai, the AFE, the RFEF and many clubs of both elite and bronze football.
The accident, as reported by the Ertzaintza, occurred at 5:40 p.m. at kilometer 45 of the BI-633 road, near the Iruzubieta crossing, when a Peugeot 307 and a Scania bus collided. The young man who was driving the Peugeot, Aitor Gandiaga, died in the crash. Health care has also been provided at the site to the driver and a passenger who was traveling on the bus.