Car Accident
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).
* There has been a car accident returning from a trip to bring Richard Stallman (RMS) from SANE 2004 to Paris. (confirmed by several sources)
* they collided with a truck which merged onto their lane while driving in fog at 06:48. Also see the traffic report below.
* Richard Stallman was dropped off in Paris and no longer in the car (confirmed by Rop and Richard).
* At the time of the accident Hans Bakker (mclightje), Edwin Hermans (madeddie), and Sebastian S. (webmind) were in the car. (confirmed).
* The car belongs to Rop Gonggrijp, who lent it to the travelers. RMS was staying with Rop during SANE. (confirmed by Rop)
* Hans Bakker (photo, homepage) did not survive the crash.
* 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
* This appears to be the traffic report for the accident, as taken infotraffic.
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