- Title: BRAZIL: SOCCER STAR EDMUNDO INVOLVED IN FATAL CAR CRASH
- Date: 2nd December 1995
- Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (DECEMBER 2, 3 1995) RIO DE JANEIRO (DECEMBER 2) (TV GLOBO - NO ACCESS BRAZIL) 1. VARIOUS SCENE OF ACCIDENT (FIAT UNO) 2. VICTIM TRAPPED IN FIAT UNO CAR IS RELEASED AND TAKEN TO AMBULANCE 3. VARIOUS EDMUNDO'S CHEROKEE JEEP 4. STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAG IN CHEROKEE JEEP 5. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR VICTIM JOANA MARIA COUTO WHO WAS TRAVELLING WITH EDMUNDO 6. OTHER PASSENGER (BLONDE GIRL) WHO WAS IN EDMUNDO'S JEEP DURING ACCIDENT SAYS: "I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK.... YES, HE (EDMUNDO) WAS DRIVING THE CAR." RIO DE JANEIRO (DECEMBER 3) (TV GLOBO - NO ACCESS BRAZIL) 7. EDMUNDO AT PRESS CONFERENCE SAYS "EIGHTY KILOMETRES PER HOUR MAXIMUM. BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE. THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT "SWEET HOME" (A RIO NIGHTCLUB) AND THE DISTANCE FROM THERE TO THE PLACE OF THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN ME ENOUGH TIME TO ACCELERATE MORE." 8. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER ASKS: "ACCORDING TO OTHER VERSIONS YOU LEFT "SWEET HOME" WITH YOUR TYRES SCREECHING AND PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING: "ANIMAL! ANIMAL! ANIMAL!" 9. EDMUNDO ANSWERS: "THERE MUST BE SEVERAL VERSIONS, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THEM AND THOSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO WAS IN THE OTHER CAR AND WHO WAS IN MINE." 10. EDMUNDO CRYING 11. EDMUNDO SAYING HE NEVER DRINKS BUT ADMITS HE MET HIS FRIENDS IN A PLACE CALLED CHOPP UNIVERSITY. WE WENT THERE TO EAT AND DRINK. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO DRANK. AND IF I HAD A CHOPP (DRAFT BEER) THAT WAS ALL (PORTUGUESE) BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 4, 1995) CSI PICTURES - NO ACCESS UK, SWEDEN, BRAZILM TURKEY, JAPAN, GREECE, HOLLAND, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, PORTUGAL, THAILAND, MEXICO, ITALY, NORWAY, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE. NO ACCESS SPORTS MAGAZINE PROGRAMMES, EUROSPORT, ESPN, CNN, MEBC 12. EDMUNDO SCORING BRAZIL'S GOAL IN A 1-0 WIN AGAINST SWEDEN IN THE UMBRO CUP Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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- Country: Brazil
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