It was about 9:30 PM when Dompé lost control of the wheel of his BMW M3, crashed into a wall and came to a stop against a bus shelter in St. Pauli, Hamburg’s lively nightlife district. His car perte total, the road strewn with debris. Despite the fact that he would have been injured in the hand, Dompé took off.
He got into a yellow AMG Mercedes and fled. More than likely the car that was also involved in the race. A Mercedes that is registered to Dompé’s teammate William Mickelbrencis, the only 18-year-old fullback and also a Frenchman. According to Bild, Mikelbrencis himself was not behind the wheel.
Hamburg confirmed this afternoon that “a Rothosen player was involved in a car accident on Monday evening, fortunately no one was injured. Another player, to the club’s knowledge, was present as a passenger in another vehicle at the time of the accident,” the club said. It is not surprising that HSV is currently considering sanctions for Dompé and Mickelbrencis.
For 1.1 million euros, Dompé moved from Essevee to Hamburg last summer, where he signed a contract until 2025. With a second place, two points behind leader Darmstadt, Hamburg is on course to be promoted to the Bundesliga again. Before Zulte Waregem, Dompé played for AA Gent, for whom he scored in the cup final lost in 2019 against KV Mechelen (2-1), Standard and on a rental basis for KAS Eupen. In 2015, Sint-Truiden attracted him on a free transfer after he played for Valenciennes, where he had also enjoyed his youth education.
