• Australian Cricket Legend Andrew Symonds Dies in Car Accident

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    Australian Cricket Legend Andrew Symonds Dies in Car Accident

    According to reports by senior cricket journalist Robert Craddock, the Aussie all-rounder met with the accident about 50km outside Townsville on Saturday night


    Digital Desk: In an unfortunate
    incident, celebrated Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds died in a car accident
    on Hervey Range Road near the Alice River Bridge in Queensland, Australia, when
    his car left the road and rolled, a Queensland police statement said on
    Saturday night.




    This is yet another
    tragic blow to Australian cricket. Symonds is the third Australian cricket
    legend to suddenly pass away this year, following the tragic deaths of Shane
    Warne and Rod Marsh in March.



     



    According to reports by
    senior cricket journalist Robert Craddock, the Aussie all-rounder met with the
    accident about 50km outside Townsville on Saturday night.



     



    As per a Queensland
    police statement, Symonds was in a single-car crash at about 10:30 pm.



    Following the accident
    report, paramedics arrived at the scene but could not revive the former
    Australian cricketer. Symonds was the only person in the car.



     



    Many are left anguished
    with tweets expressing shock over Symonds' death. Australian cricket coach and
    former cricketer Jason Neil Gillespie expressed shock over the news of Symonds'
    death. "Horrendous news to wake up to," he tweeted, "Utterly
    devastated." We are all going to miss you, mate. "Former teammate and
    Fox Cricket colleague Adam Gilchrist wrote, "This hurts."



     



    Symonds played 26 Tests
    for Australia and was an integral part of Australia's white-ball sides that
    dominated the world between 1999 and 2007.