Ex-Charlton academy player Jlloyd Samuel died when he was involved in a smash on Tuesday morning after dropping his children off at school.
It is understood the former Trinidad and Tobago international was involved in a collision with a truck on a country lane near Warrington, Cheshire.
Police, fire engines, and an air ambulance were sent to the scene, amid reports his Range Rover burst into flames in the accident.
Deepest sympathy goes to his wife Emma and his three young children from all at Valley Gold.