Car accident details
There have been a bunch of rumours about a car accident involving
some free software folks today. This page is intended to gather
all available information in a single page.
If you have any other information please drop me an email
at wichert@wiggy.net
All mentioned times are in CEST (UTC +0200).
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There has been a car accident returning from a trip to bring Richard
Stallman (RMS) from
SANE 2004 to Paris.
(confirmed by several sources)
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they collided with a truck which merged onto their lane while
driving in fog at 06:48. Also see the traffic report below.
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Richard Stallman was dropped off in Paris and no longer in the car
(confirmed by Rop and Richard).
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At the time of the accident Hans Bakker (mclightje),
Edwin Hermans (madeddie), and
Sebastian S. (webmind) were in the car. (confirmed).
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The car belongs to Rop Gonggrijp, who lent it to the travelers.
RMS was staying with Rop during SANE. (confirmed by Rop)
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Hans Bakker (photo,
homepage)
did not survive the crash.
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Edwin Hermans is back home again (since October 8). Sebastian was discharged from the
hospital on October 26.
both will be recovering for atleast a few more months
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This appears to be the traffic report for the accident, as taken
infotraffic.
30-09-2004 13:50 ACCIDENT MORTEL à ASSEVILLERS (80) sur A1 (sens SUD-NORD)
ENTRE PERONNE ET ROYE
Début : 30-09-2004 06:48
VICTIMES : 1 TUE(S)
VEHICULES EN CAUSE : 2 POIDS LOURD(S), 3 VEHICULE(S) LEGER(S)
OBSERVATIONS :SENS PARIS LILLE, SORTIE CONSEILLÉE A29 SAINT QUENTIN
.BOUCHON DE 4 KM.
Evénement terminé depuis 30-09-2004 13:50
Yahoo
France also reported it. (both confirmed to be this accident)
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anticypher posted an
eyewitness report on slashdot.
(this is most likely from another accident)
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Richard Stallmans blog: http://agia.fsf.org/rms-blog/rms-entry-20041005
Other Information
Some of this will be in Dutch since it is only relevant for
people speaking the language or who are local.
Er is
een condoleance register geopend.
We have placed an obituary in one of the Dutch newspapers. For
more information on please see the seperate
obituary page.
email address for
questions regarding theobituary.
Press