Francis Ngannou releases statement after being involved in fatal motorcycle crash

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Francis Ngannou released a statement Tuesday addressing his involvement in a fatal motorcycle crash in his native Cameroon that ended with a 17-year-old girl dying from injuries sustained in the accident.

The accident reportedly occurred over Easter weekend where Ngannou was driving a motorcycle that collided with a young woman in the Omnisports district of Yaounde, Cameroon. Exact details about the crash haven’t been released yet, but the victim...