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[ThePrisoner]

The Gumball 3000 Rally 2007 has been cancelled to to a fatal accident in Macedonia.

Organisers of the Gumball 3000 closed the race down following the death of Vladimir Cepulyoski, 67, from the southeastern European country.

He died in hospital from a heart attack on Thursday, after the crash on Wednesday.

Mr Cepulyoski had not been involved in the race.

The Foreign Office said Nicholas Morley and Matthew McConville were taking part in the rally when they collided with another car in Macedonia.

There are different stories but one states that they made a run for it, getting a lift from a fellow gumballer and headed for the countries border to escape, and the other states that they waited for an ambulance, and jumped into with another gumballer to finish the race.

They were nicked at the Albanian boarder and have been remanded in custody.

More info here;
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There was also some talk of a cover up by the organisers and the official website has been pulled down.

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[DaiRees]

A Statement from Maximillion Cooper
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

A sad day indeed!

[TooT]

This could end the Gumball for good

[ThePrisoner]

I think it might check this out:

Gumball 3000 claimed another life in Macedonia

Skopje /04/05/ 17:49

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


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