Former England winger Andros Townsend squashed by pitch roller in Thailand

[p]The 35-year-old former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Spurs[/a] winger was warming up for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/pattani-fgVmmMns/prachuap-UcjkBSc4/?mid=8b6NSdxJ"]PT Prachuap's game at Pattani[/a] on Saturday when the driver lost control of the vehicle.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/townsend-andros/vgOZsFVL/"]Townsend[/a] went down under the heavy roller, with the driver only stopping once the player's legs were trapped.[/p][embed guid="5d5cc401-158a-44b9-b67c-e91340924af9" url="https://x.com/centregoals/status/2101400085649408375" social-type="twitter" /][p]In footage which has since been widely shared online, Townsend attempts to push the roller off as the driver leaps out to help.[/p][p]Townsend, who also played for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a] during an itinerant career, later made light of being run over.[/p][p][b]"It turns out Stoke away wasn't so bad after all,"[/b] he wrote on social media.[/p][p]Townsend won 13 caps for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a].[/p]