I'm a big fan, former amateur player of football/soccer ... heard some unfortunate news about Rudi Voeller, a very good former player and present coach. Anybody know what kind of SUV he was driving?

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Voeller unhurt in autobahn crash


BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Germany coach Rudi Voeller said on Wednesday that he had crashed his car into a Czech truck on an icy German autobahn on Tuesday, but that no one had been injured in the accident.

'It was the worst accident I ever had,' said Voeller, who led Germany to the finals of the World Cup before the team lost 2-0 to Brazil. 'It was icy and I didn't pay attention for a split second.'

The front of Voeller's sports utility vehicle, which will cost about 10,000 euros to repair, got lodged underneath the back of the truck on a motorway near Nuremberg.

Voeller was on his way to a skiing holiday in Austria with his wife, Sabrina, and his two children.