A matter of time: One killed, one injured, Gumball cancelled
Posted May 4th 2007 8:27AM by Jonathon Ramsey
Filed under: Etc.
UPDATE: This tragic accident has claimed its second civilian life. The wife of the man killed yesterday died from her injuries today in the Skopje Clinic Center. Read the update here.
This year’s edition of The Gumball 3000 is no more, after a hit-and-run accident in Macedonia left a man dead and his wife in the hospital in critical condition. Nick Morley (who was driving) and Matthew McConville, in a Techart 911 Turbo, crossed the center line and crashed into a Macedonian couple in a VW Golf. The 67-year-old man died of a supposed heart attack according to a Gumball press release. His wife remains there with serious injuries.
There’s an expression that goes “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up” that gets you. In this case it was both. As if the “hit” weren’t bad enough, it was followed by “and run” when Nick and Matthew tried to flee on foot. They were picked up by a Gumballer in a BMW with Russian plates and made it as far as the Macedonia-Albania border, where they were arrested. The driver of the BMW was held briefly then released. Nick has been arrested and placed under 30-day temporary detention in Macedonia, charged with “heavy violation of traffic safety” and “failure to help an injured person.” Then Gumball HQ flubbed the crisis management. Apparently they didn’t put out a release for at least 24 hours and wouldn’t answer questions about the accident in the Gumball forum. When they finally did issue a statement, it said the driver died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital (brought on by. . .?) and that the drivers immediately reported the accident.
Perhaps Germany and Turkey are now glad they prevented this year’s Gumball from passing through. As far as Europe goes, next year’s Gumball will probably be lucky if it’s allowed to do laps in a parking lot. However, it probably will go on; when that much much money is involved, a way will be found – but don’t look for it on the Continent. Follow the ‘Read’ link for more details, the press releases, and a video clip of the accident aftermath.
[Source: Jalopnik]
看新闻了，好像是辆PORSCHE。
一堆有钱人发疯似的在高速上开, 死几个也没啥希奇的
都他妈逼自找的
竟然见死不救，hit and run，鄙视一个 
没人性啊…
那个富豪的妻子想提前得到遗产 就应该去劝自己的老公去参加 3000 
有图片没有? 
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wodeqqmima于2007-05-05写道:
那个富豪的妻子想提前得到遗产 就应该去劝自己的老公去参加 3000
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今天在地上捡了一张报纸，看了看HEADLINE，是辆996 TURBO，车主是一个男的，带了一个女的，女的长的还可以。
昨天作tram随手拿了份metro看到~好像要做牢~~
xiaohan711于2007-05-06写道:
今天在地上捡了一张报纸，看了看HEADLINE，是辆996 TURBO，车主是一个男的，带了一个女的，女的长的还可以。
我估计GUMBALL上的女的都可以...
没错
有没有必要给他们默哀一下？？？ 
塞着嘛，出事故是难免的，死个人也是正常的。。。
玩的就是刺激玩的就是心跳，F1还不是也有，连塞纳不都是挂在了赛道上？
加一张图片，貌似有些人没有看文章，死的和受重伤不是参加比赛的人，而是开golf的无辜群众，肇事司机还逃逸。
好像每年都出事儿