2007 Gumball 3000 collision

Motor rally collision in North Macedonia File:Porsche 997 Turbo 2007 Gumball 3000 (2).jpg Nicholas Morley in his TechArt Porsche 997 Turbo leaving London at the start of the Rally. 2007 05 02 41.174220 20.657240 region:XXXX_type:event inline,title Road Traffic Collision 2 The Gumball 3000 Rally of 2007 ended early as the result of a traffic accident on May 2, 2007, in which two people were killed. The accident involved two vehicles, the first being a TechArt Porsche 997 Turbo that was participating in the Gumball 3000, and the second being a Volkswagen Golf. The latter was not involved in the Gumball 3000 event. Vladimir Čepunjoski, the driver of the Volkswagen, died at the scene. The passenger, Margit Čepunjoska died at the hospital two days later as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash. The driver of the Porsche, Nicholas Morley,https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/09/world.audreygillan Gillan Audrey Porsche rally driver gets suspended sentence for fatal crash TheGuardian.com 9 June 2007 and co-driver, Matthew McConville, were not seriously injured. Morley was sentenced for the death of the occupants of the other car. Gumball 3000 Gumball 3000 The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000 mile (4,800 km) international rally which takes place on public roads, which travels around the world. Although set up as a rally with no official timing, or prizes for reaching check points first, during the rally, some participants have been fined for speeding and other traffic offences by the police in countries they passed through, http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2463539,00.html Gumball Rally Racers Flagged Down by German Police DW-World.de 1 May 2007 2007-05-04 Schaefer Louisa https://web.archive.org/web/20101115200455/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2463539,00.html 2010-11-15 live cars have been confiscatedhttp://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2007/05/justice_ministry_seeks_to_ban_road_rallys.php Cars seized as Gumball 3000 hits Holland 2007-05-04 Dutchnews.nl 1 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070603174523/http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2007/05/justice_ministry_seeks_to_ban_road_rallys.php 2007-06-03 and the 2007 rally was canceled after a car participating in the rally was involved in a fatal collision with a non-participating vehicle.http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/gumball_cancelled_after_fatal_accident/743.html Gumball canceled after fatal accident visordown.com 4 May 2007 2007-05-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20090301064230/http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/gumball_cancelled_after_fatal_accident/743.html 1 March 2009 dead Although the organizers are careful to emphasize that it is a rally and not a race,http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=24550 Gumball: 'It's not a race, it's a rally' Budapest Sun May 12, 2005 2007-05-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20110404072900/http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=24550 April 4, 2011 dead mdy-all it is sometimes referred to as a streetrace.http://www.tijd.be/nieuws/de_wijde_wereld/artikel.asp?Id=2897918 Gumball Race stilgelegd na dodelijk ongeval 2007-05-04 2007-05-12 De Tijd Dutch https://web.archive.org/web/20070510042718/http://www.tijd.be/nieuws/de_wijde_wereld/artikel.asp?Id=2897918 2007-05-10http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=GO4ESLQE Gumball straatrace met Tarantino dit weekend door ons land 14 May 2005 2007-05-12 De Standaard Dutch https://web.archive.org/web/20110515055429/http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=GO4ESLQE 15 May 2011 livehttp://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2514276.ece Gumball Rally's petrolheads come to the end of the road 5 May 2007 2007-05-12 The Independent London Jonathan Brown https://web.archive.org/web/20080103093045/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2514276.ece 3 January 2008 dead dmy-all http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070430_Gumball_Race Police catch Gumball racers red-handed 2007-04-30 2007-05-12 Flandersnews October 2010 H3llBothttp://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/news/article1738200.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20080908041054/http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/news/article1738200.ece dead September 8, 2008 Gumball Rally pulled over May 2, 2007 2007-05-12 Times Online London Adam Fresco The collision On May 2, the participants in the 2007 Rally were driving through the Republic of Macedonia on a route from the Macedonian-Greek border near Bitola to the border with Albania, near the town of Struga. The traffic accident occurred on the motorway M4, at the entrance of the town of Struga, about 10 km mi 0 us from the Macedonian-Albanian border post. The Porsche hit an oncoming Volkswagen Golf, which was making a left turn on to the main road from a side road and driving in the opposite direction of the Porsche. The Porsche hit the Golf head-on, and the crash pushed both vehicles off the road.http://a1.com.mk/vesti/default.aspx?VestID=78437 Еден загинат и еден повреден во сообраќајка на Ќафасан 2 May 2007 A1 TV Macedonian 2008-08-312007-05-09 A Rally Turns Tragic in Macedonia https://archive.nytimes.com/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/rally-tragedy/ 2024-06-21 Wheels Blog en The New York Times Both the driver and the passenger in the Golf were heavily injured. The driver and the passenger of the Porsche seemed virtually unharmed, and they were immediately picked up by another Gumball 3000 participating vehicle, a BMW M6, and reported to a nearby police station where a breath test showed no alcohol was involved.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/2746735/Death-halts-Gumball-3000.html Death halts Gumball 3000 The Telegraph 1 May 2007 2007-05-04 They were arrested by the Macedonian police for endangering traffic.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article1744609.ece Rally halted after arrest of Britons in fatal crash 4 May 2007 Timesonline 2008-08-31 London Adam Fresco Marcus LerouxSeptember 2024 medicmedic The casualties reported in the accident were the 67-year-old driver of the Golf, Vladimir Čepunjoski, who died on his way to the hospital, and his wife Margit Čepunjoska, who died in hospital from injuries sustained in the crash on May 4.http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=66001&NrIssue=336&NrSection=10 Briton reported for accident near Struga gets 30-day temporary detention 3 May 2007 MakFax 2007-05-04http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=10&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=66191&NrIssue=337&NrSection=10 Gumball Rally takes second victim 4 May 2007 MakFax 2007-05-04 Macedonian Nicholas Morley was set free on bail of £17,000 and handed his passport to return home. He was requested to return to Macedonia if a court called him to attend in the future; however during that time the second fatality was confirmed by the hospital and so he was arrested again the next day in Skopje, while boarding a private jet.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1550767/Gumball-crash-driver-tried-to-flee-in-private-jet.html Gumball crash driver tried to flee in private jet 7 May 2007 The Telegraph 2008-08-31 London Bojan Pančevski Colin Freeman https://web.archive.org/web/20120414202000/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1550767/Gumball-crash-driver-tried-to-flee-in-private-jet.html 14 April 2012 live After this second arrest, he was detained in custody until the trial. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/06/uk.helenasmith Gumball death driver is held at airport 6 May 2007 The Observer 2007-05-10 London Helena Smith https://web.archive.org/web/20071218104806/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2073487,00.html 2007-12-18 live The trial In court the prosecution alleged a speed of 161 km/h (100 mph) while the defense opposed this by saying that the speed of the incoming vehicle was not taken into account and that his driving speed was only 70–75 km/h. http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=70219&NrIssue=363&NrSection=10 2008-08-31 MakFax Online 4 June 2007 Opposing forensics reports confronted at trial https://archive.today/20110928050633/http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=70219&NrIssue=363&NrSection=10 2011-09-28 dead After the conviction verdict, Nicholas MorleyAuslander Jason Accused painting slasher: I didn't do it https://www.aspentimes.com/news/accused-painting-slasher-i-didnt-do-it/ 9 November 2022 The Aspen Times Nick Morley spent 40 days in a Macedonian prison in 2007 and later was convicted of “endangering traffic leading to death” in connection with the elderly couple’s death during the Gumball 3000 Rally. He received a two-year suspended sentence and was allowed to return to England. released a statement http://jalopnik.com/cars/near-to-the-east%2C-in-a-part-of-ancient-yugoslavia/family-releases-statement-post+gumball-verdict-267750.php 2006-06-11 Family Releases Statement Post-Gumball Verdict June 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514072134/http://jalopnik.com/cars/near-to-the-east,-in-a-part-of-ancient-yugoslavia/morley-family-releases-statement-post+gumball-verdict-267750.php 2011-05-14 live detailing its own expert's findings, which contradict those of the prosecution's expert. The statement also claims that the defence were denied the opportunity to present their expert's findings, which could contravene article 6 of the European convention on human rights, the right to a fair trial. Nick Morley spent 40 days in a Macedonian prison, was convicted, received a two-year suspended sentence, and returned to England.Auslander Jason Aspen judge issues arrest warrant for suspect in 2017 art slashing https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-prosecutors-issue-arrest-warrant-for-suspect-in-2017-art-slashing/ 9 November 2022 aspentimes.com April 27, 2018 Aftermath The organisers of the Gumball 3000 initially continued the rally despite the incident, in a later official statement the organisers stated that the clear details of the incident and confirmation of a fatality did not occur until some hours after the briefing, at which point the decision to cancel the remainder of the rally was made.http://www.gumball3000.com/ A Statement from Maximillion Cooper 3 May 2007 Gumball 3000 Official website - cached by Internet Archive Wayback Machine 2008-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20070513183951/http://www.gumball3000.com/ 2007-05-13 Adidas, a sponsor to the 2007 Gumball 3000, immediately backed out as a rally sponsor and took all Gumball 3000 related merchandise off the market internationally.http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/adidas-drops-gumball-3000-rally-sponsorship-after-fatal-accident/2056228.article Adidas drops Gumball 3000 rally sponsorship after fatal accident 10 May 2007 MarketingWeek References 30em Category:Road rallying Gumball 3000 Accident, 2007 Category:2007 in rallying