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Three Greek footballers injured in road accident in Budapest

A picture shows a partial view of the new jersey of the Greek football team will be worn during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. AFP PHOTO / STR        (Photo

Three players from the Greek national team soccer were injured when their taxi crashed on its way to Budapest airport on Monday morning.

Vangelis Moras, Panagiotis Tachtsidis and Ioannis Fetfatzidis were injured following a collision with another car.

Moras and Tachtsidis have already been released from a Budapest hospital, but Fetfatzidis remains although he is expected to be released later on Monday.

Nikolaos Vlahakis, the press counsellor from the Greek embassy in Budapest, said the crash was "quite hard" but the players' injuries were not serious.

Police say one person in the other car died at the scene of the accident.

The Greek Football Federation said manager Vangelis Macheiras was on his way to Budapest to visit the players.

They added Moras and Tachtsidis had already returned to the hotel used by the Greek team, while Fetfatzidis remained in hospital as a precaution.

Moras and Tachtsidis play for Hellas Verona in Italy, while Fetfatzidis plays for Serie A side Chievo.

The incident came after Greece and Hungary drew 0-0 Sunday in their European qualifier.

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