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Gumball accident in Macedonia

Gumball 2007, Gumball 3000, Gumball 3000 News, Gumballers — By on May 3, 2007 at 4:30 pm — 82 Comments

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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.

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  • dale

    The elderly man driving the Golf ran a stop sign and the driver of the Porche was clearly speeding. In the end the driver of the Porsche did not face jail time. To this day the Gumball lives on……

    Do any of you realize there are drivers who attempt to break the world record of the cannonball run every year?

  • Gumball 300

    Gumball should be banned for life!

  • j1211

    I think the Gumball Rally really should be ended forever, if it isn’t already done after this. It’s one thing if it were run by professional race car drivers, but these are just regular people with no real experience at controlling cars at these speeds. Taking a 5-day “M schoolâ€? or “Bondurantâ€? course won’t do much to help either.

    The other thing that bothers me is that its done on public roads. I guaruntee you the people in the golf never thought they were driving on the Nurburgring Nordschleife when they were driving down a country road in their town.

    Gumball Rally is quick to remind you that “This is the first time anything like this has happened in 9 years of travelling through over 40 countries with 1000′s of drivers” but it only takes one innocent life to be cut short to do others’ recklessness… and it’s nothing short of miraculous that nothing has happened before this.

    Simply put: Gumball is a race of cars capable of unbelievable speeds… that takes place on public roads with innocent people… it’s a recipe for disaster. They have their disclaimer before the race reminding participants not to speed… but then they all laugh at it including Max, the organizer, which we’ve all seen in the video.

    I hope Max and the participants will be responsible enough to own up to what has already happened and know enough that the time has come for it to just stop.

  • Noname

    I share the same opinion… you guys should STOP gumball forever!!
    SHAME on you!!
    You killed 2 persons with such a STUPID behavior… I hope you’ll be sent to prison.

    REMEMBER: Life is something EVEN YOU CAN’T BUY FOR F***ING MONEY!

  • Steve

    My condolences to the Family and friends of the bereaved, I agree with so many of the comments that have been left. I personally feel that the Driver and passenger of the Porsche should be held as an example to would be “Race drivers”
    If they are prosecuted and jailed, it will be a deterrent to others that are willing to follow their example!

  • aristro

    Gumball3000 is no race, its just an illness.
    It sucks if someone has to die just because some crazy guys want to have some fun.

  • D,Beckersson

    Does anyone now what happend to the drivers of the porsche 911?? Are they going to jail? Heard they were in court yesterday, but havent heard anything about that.

    My Condolences too the family..

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