Sphynx napísal:No akoze, ja som tam bol od piatej a po dvoch hodinach nicoho a este tej organizatorskej spravy, ze najblizsie auto dojde za 3 hodiny, sme sa na to vysrali a isli domov. Mna by len zaujimalo ci tam bol Ludacris a XZibit (niekde som pocul, ze mu zhabali vodicak).

klm16 napísal:Je to Grek z Americkym pasom a spolujazdec je z Francuzska. Slovensky znak ma preto lebo sa mu pacia nase dievcata.

jojcek napísal:GUMBALL 3000 podla informacie zo spravodajstva TA3 je zruseny kvoly jednej nehode kde ucastnik ktory sposobil nehodu bol z Gumballu neposkytol prvu pomoc a z miesta nehody usiel

Silmer napísal:pre tych co vedia po anglicky...
http://www.gumball3000blog.com/
uz druha obet

Kibo napísal:no tych par aut mam pofotenych, su to nocne foto - myslim ze na vek fotaku kvalitne a plus dake foto z netu, este mi ma kamarat poslat cca 200 fotiek (ale ako ho poznam pouzitelne budu 4...)

ta stranka mi nejde, druha obet??? idem zistovat co a ako! neviem o tom nic

Gumball accident in Macedonia

A white Porsche crashed in Macedonia, near the city of Struga close to the Albanian border.

Update: Locals got injured in the crash, we hope they are ok.

Update 2: Driver of the Volkswagen Golf died on the way to the hospital, his wife is at the intensive care in critical condition, with broken ribs and fluid in her lungs. 24 hours after the incident still no statement from Gumball 3000.

Update 3: Margarita, passenger of the Golf and wife of Vladimir, died in the hospital today, 10 minutes before her husbands funeral. We are very sad that she passed away from the severe injuries she suffered from the crash two days ago.

Note: GTspirit has no affiliation with Gumball 3000. We regret what happened and our thoughts go out to Marga & Vladimir and their families.

The 2007 route was scheduled to travel from London to Istanbul, via Amsterdam, Munich, Venice, Dubrovnik, and Athens. Over 100 contestants were scheduled to drive through 16 countries in 8 days. The entrance fee for the 2007 rally was GB£28,000 (US$55,060) for first-time drivers. [6]

Upon arrival arrival in Holland, On April 29, the Dutch police awaited the participants with 14 police cars and 7 unmarked cars. Seven pilots including rapper Xzibit lost their driver's licence for speeding with over 50 km/h more than allowed and two cars were confiscated. The Dutch government has forbidden streetraces by law, although rally's that are performed within the law (i.e. participating in a rally without a competitive element) are not forbidden.[7][4] The next day, the German police stopped about 70 cars for speeding violations; they were escorted off to the airport. A police spokesman told the media that the information about the racing route had been available on the official Gumball 3000 website.[8] Following the complications with the German police, the Gumball drivers were flown to Istanbul, but the Antonov planes set to bring their cars was diverted to Athens.[9] The drivers were then flown to Athens the next day, but four teams (Team Polizei, Team Turkish Taxi, Team Aytac, and Team 15) chose to drive the distance in other vehicles. [10]

On May 2, a convoy of four Gumball 3000 vehicles was involved in a traffic accident near the town of Struga, Republic of Macedonia. The Techart Porsche 911 Turbo of Nick Morley and Matthew McConville hit an oncoming car, at a reported speed of more than 200km/h, after which, according to media reports, they tried to escape the country via the nearby border post. However, they were stopped and arrested by the police, and will be held in custody until their trial has begun. The casualties reported in the accident were the 67-year old driver of the other vehicle (a Volkswagen Golf), who died on his way to the hospital; and his wife, who was seriously injured and later passed away in hospital on Friday 4th May.

The following statement was released by Maximillion Cooper on the official website:

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.[11] [12]

The following day, the rally was cancelled because of the accident. [13]

On May 4, Margarita Cepunjoska, wife of Vladimir Cepunjoski, died from injuries sustained in the crash. This makes for the second fatality in the rally. [14]

Gumball 2007: Second victim of the Gumball crash
May 04th, 2007 | Category: Generall, Gumball 2007



The international rally Gumball 3000 claimed the second victim today - Margarita Chepunjoska, the wife of Vladimir, who died two days ago, has passed away today in the Skopje Clinic Center.

Margarita was severely injured in the accident that took place on Wednesday, when a participant of the rally crashed his Porsche into the car driven by her husband.

British citizen Nicholas Morley was speeding in his Porsche at the Struga-Qafasan road, when it collided head-on with Chepunjoski’s Golf.

Yesterday, an investigative judge of Struga Court ordered 30 days of temporary detention to Nicholas Morley. The Police filed a formal accusation against him for “heavy violation of traffic safety” and “failure to provide help to an injured person”.

Macedonian police told today that no charges will be raised against his co-driver, the British citizen Matthew McConville.

View the video of the accident here.

The Gumball 3000 rally is receiving a lot of attention the past few hours, unfortunately though, for the wrong reasons. According to reports, Nicholas Morley, 30, and Matthew McConvile, 32, both British citizens, have been arrested in FYROM (Former Yugoslavian Republic Of Macedonia) for a hit & run incident when their Porsche 911 crashed into an elderly couple’s VW Golf, killing Vladimir Cepuljoski, 67 and seriously injuring his wife, Margarita who remains hospitalized in critical condition. Apparently, the two Brits tried to escape by getting into another car but they were caught by FYROM police.