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    Gumball 3000 accident

    Apparently there has been an accident in Macedonia. A white Porsche reportedly collided with a VW Golf, driven by two locals. Both locals, a married couple were rushed to the hospital, but the husband was declared DOA. The Porsche crew fled the scene, hitching a ride with another team, only to be apprehended at the border.

    This sounds bad. All the topics on their forum concerning this incident have been deleted. I'm pretty sure those Porsche guys are looking at jail time.

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    Thats real bad problem.. Also their program at Turkey was canceled last week... I think Gumball is having the worst year!!!

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    "We respect Team Polizei's decision to withdraw from this years rally after a deadly accident yesterday. Here's the message they send us:

    In view of events of the past day, Alex Roy and Michael Ross of Team Polizei have withdrawn from the 2007 Gumball Rally. They are driving to Bratislava to thank the fans that have traveled from so far. They will make a further statement at 10.00 GMT."

    - from GTspirit.com -

    Holy crap, this is bad!

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    Sympathies to the families involved.

    Unfortunately this was bound to happen sooner or later.

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    Update

    It was that silver 997TT with the red and blue stripes.

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    Update:
    Latest:

    * Driver is being held for 30 days pending investigation.
    Passenger apparently released.

    * Car they tried to escape in was the Maroon BMW M6 with Russian Plates.

    * Team Polizei 144 has withdrawn from the rally out of respect for the families involved. Bravo to them.


    ALL forums/etc shutdown, feels like gumball organizers trying to cover it up...


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    What jerks.

    Villagers, get the rope!

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    Youtube video

    Here is the video of the car, #74. He doesn't seem to be driving really recklessly, he even uses turn signals! Why do I feel that the old guy cut them off and they ran in panic?

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    Crash:

    Not sure what the road looked like, but gumballers frequently overtake when there is oncoming traffic. Whether it is legal/prudent, or not.

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    Moogle said:
    Crash:

    Not sure what the road looked like, but gumballers frequently overtake when there is oncoming traffic. Whether it is legal/prudent, or not.



    I know. I'm not defending the guy because I think he's a douchebag for running, but the accident may not have been his fault. The people in Macedonia and many surrounding countries drive like they bought their licenses for 300 Deutschmarks (actually, many did ). It is nothing unusual for them to pull out without checking mirrors or signalling and I think this may have cost the man his life.

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    here is a bigger pic:


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    We don't know the facts and who was to blame for this crash but I do agree with Moogle on this. With Gumball, Cannonball and various other 'rallies' proliferating in the UK/Europe, this was bound to happen eventually.

    I have watched many Gumball 'rallies' on the Extreme Sports satellite channel where drivers have overtaken slower vehicles when all normal lanes are full of traffic by driving on the verge of the road or where drivers have overtaken another car which was itself overtaking another car etc etc....whilst Gumball is obviously great fun for participants, it's also just down to pure dumb luck that nothing like this has happened before...

    My deepest condolences to the widow whose life has been permanently destroyed by this senseless and needless accident...

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    OMG....

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    The Gumball 2007 has been cancelled

    Issued by Maximillion Cooper on behalf of The Gumball 3000 Rally - 21.30 / 03 May 2007

    Following our earlier release reporting yesterday's accident - As a sign of respect we have decided that this year's Gumball 3000 Rally will not travel any further and will end in Bratislava this evening, May 3rd 2007.

    As the organisers of the rally we feel that it should be stopped as a mark of respect to Vladimir Cepulyoski who died today after an accident involving one the participating drivers.

    We are very saddened by what has happened and feel that it would be wrong to continue. On behalf of Gumball 3000, we once again extend our deepest sympathies to his family and we are doing everything we can for them.

    This is the first time anything like this has happened in 9 years of travelling through over 40 countries with 1000's of drivers and it is with deep regret that I make this announcement.

    Maximillion Cooper
    Founder & CEO
    The Gumball 3000 Group

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    Porker said:
    The Gumball 2007 has been cancelled

    Issued by Maximillion Cooper on behalf of The Gumball 3000 Rally - 21.30 / 03 May 2007

    Following our earlier release reporting yesterday's accident - As a sign of respect we have decided that this year's Gumball 3000 Rally will not travel any further and will end in Bratislava this evening, May 3rd 2007.

    As the organisers of the rally we feel that it should be stopped as a mark of respect to Vladimir Cepulyoski who died today after an accident involving one the participating drivers.

    We are very saddened by what has happened and feel that it would be wrong to continue. On behalf of Gumball 3000, we once again extend our deepest sympathies to his family and we are doing everything we can for them.

    This is the first time anything like this has happened in 9 years of travelling through over 40 countries with 1000's of drivers and it is with deep regret that I make this announcement.

    Maximillion Cooper
    Founder & CEO
    The Gumball 3000 Group




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    So the story ends badly....

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    yep... sad end

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    BIRN Website

    Look at the end of the article. It seems that I was right after all. Even the police are saying that at least part of the blame rests of the deceased driver. Could it be that he simply switched lanes without checking mirrors and signalling?

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    Thats sad, i can't understand why the porsche crew fled.

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    Quote:
    Porker said:
    The Gumball 2007 has been cancelled

    Issued by Maximillion Cooper on behalf of The Gumball 3000 Rally - 21.30 / 03 May 2007

    Following our earlier release reporting yesterday's accident - As a sign of respect we have decided that this year's Gumball 3000 Rally will not travel any further and will end in Bratislava this evening, May 3rd 2007.

    As the organisers of the rally we feel that it should be stopped as a mark of respect to Vladimir Cepulyoski who died today after an accident involving one the participating drivers.

    We are very saddened by what has happened and feel that it would be wrong to continue. On behalf of Gumball 3000, we once again extend our deepest sympathies to his family and we are doing everything we can for them.

    This is the first time anything like this has happened in 9 years of travelling through over 40 countries with 1000's of drivers and it is with deep regret that I make this announcement.

    Maximillion Cooper
    Founder & CEO
    The Gumball 3000 Group



    I am sorry to see this happen, but as many of you said that it was bound to happen. I do not like the senseless driving that goes on in these videos and most members of this board I think would agree with me. If they want to drive like this, do so on a track where innocent people will not be hurt. Then to run away after, this shows their true colors mainly YELLOW!! I think that everyone involved should be held responible and thank their lucky stars it was not them involved. All the money wasted by doing this rally, the time is now for them to step up and pay for this womans losses.

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    Crash said:
    BIRN Website

    Look at the end of the article. It seems that I was right after all. Even the police are saying that at least part of the blame rests of the deceased driver. Could it be that he simply switched lanes without checking mirrors and signalling?



    http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1034576&postcount=23

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    Very sad moment for Makedonian familly, sympathies goes to them! Also very sad end for Gumball too. I dont know what happened , so I can judge a crash, but there is no excuse for that Porsche driver ran away from crash and left drivers in critical condition without any care. I dont understand how can someone do something like that...


    About gumball... yesterday they should drive through Slovenia and between Croatian and Austrian border were thousandth of people waiting for gumballers between 9pm and 2am... Unfortunately police rerouted many of them with escort to Hungarian border, so we didnt saw a lot - about 10 gumballers. Ford GT made awesome burnout and CLK DTM great start...

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    Ford GT wrecked in Montenegro...


    CGT wrecked yesterday evening...

    What an idi0ts!!

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    CGT wrecked yesterday evening...

    What an idi0ts!!



    CGT crashed in Zagreb ? Friend from ZG told me CGT was first car there..


    Seems like some gumballers yesterday forgot what is sense of Gumball..

    Here is picture of that CGT (found on internet)

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    Quote:
    MAVERICK said:
    Quote:
    Crash said:
    BIRN Website

    Look at the end of the article. It seems that I was right after all. Even the police are saying that at least part of the blame rests of the deceased driver. Could it be that he simply switched lanes without checking mirrors and signalling?



    http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1034576&postcount=23



    Yes, I saw that. However, what was the reason for him to cross the centre lane? Their police says that the Golf driver was partly responsible for the accident, which leads me to believe that he turned without looking, scaring the Turbo driver who then lost control and crashed into him (I can't think of another head-on situation in which he could be at fault ).

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    They should have banned this Gumball crap a long time ago! Good riddance!

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    I guess another CGT bites the dust in our neck off woods...
    When that CGT crashed in Zagreb? Yesterday? Was it from Gumball rally or Carbonblack rally?

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    JohnJohn said:
    They should have banned this Gumball crap a long time ago! Good riddance!



    Gumball has outstayed its welcome it would seem. I actually LOVE the idea of driving across a continent, but if Gumball continues next year, the rules will have to be tightened. Speeding is just fine by me, but overly aggressive drivers are what makes this event dangerous. I don't see why everybody has to show off and just delve into the most dangerous possible situations .

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    janus said:
    I guess another CGT bites the dust in our neck off woods...
    When that CGT crashed in Zagreb? Yesterday? Was it from Gumball rally or Carbonblack rally?



    Yesterday evening...

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    The Gumball has been silly and unappealing for quite some time. Maybe I'me just getting old but it has no interest for me.

     
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