GERMANY: AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC CYCLIST AMY GILLETT KILLED IN ROAD CRASH, FIVE TEAM MATES BADLY INJURED.

Record ID: 931615

  • Title: GERMANY: AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC CYCLIST AMY GILLETT KILLED IN ROAD CRASH, FIVE TEAM MATES BADLY INJURED.
  • Date: 18th July 2005
  • Summary: (BN09) ZEULENRODA NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2005) (AUDIOVISION CHEMNITZ - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/CU: CRASH SCENE, WRECKED BIKES; CYCLING HAT AND SUNGLASSES; CAR INVOLVED IN CRASH; BLOOD ON ROAD (15 SHOTS) 0.52 2. GV/PAN: BODY OF CYCLIST AMY GILLETT PLACED INTO HEARSE 1.01 3. GV: EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT SCENE 1.05 4. GV/PAN/MV: POLICE OFFICER INSPECTS DAMAGED BIKE; POLICE AT SCENE (2 SHOTS) 1.16 5. (SOUNDBITE) (German) RALF MOHRMANN, SENIOR PROSECUTOR, SAYING: "The accident happened when the woman driver was between (the towns of) Zeulenroda and Auma and left the road with the right-hand tyre. She then ended up on the oncoming lane and that's where the collision with the six cyclists happened." 1.41 6. GROUND TO AIR: POLICE HELICOPTER OVERHEAD 1.46 (W2) ZEULENRODA NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2005) (AUDIOVISION CHEMNITZ - ACCESS ALL) 7. GV/CU: CYCLISTS SITTING IN SHOCK; CLOSE OF SHOCKED CYCLIST (2 SHOTS) 1.54 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN CYCLIST SARA CARRIGAN SAYING: "I'm completely numb, shocked, you can't explain it. It's my friend......." 2.00 (BN09) ZEULENRODA NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2005) (AUDIOVISION CHEMNITZ - ACCESS ALL) 9. MV: TEAM MEMBERS EMBRACING 2.03 10. (SOUNDBITE) (German) ANKE WICHMANN, MEMBER GERMAN WOMEN'S CYCLING TEAM SAYING: (I feel) "deep sadness. A tragic accident happened which you don't just brush aside like that when you hear about it." 2.12 11. MCU: SARA CARRIGAN CRYING 2.18 12. TV/PAN: TWO WOMEN WALKING AWAY ARM IN ARM 2.22 (W2) ZEULENRODA NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2005) (AUDIOVISION CHEMNITZ) 13. MV.CU: TEAM MEMBERS EMBRACING (2 SHOTS) 2.29 (W3) ZEULENRODA, GERMANY (JULY 19, 2005) (AUDIOVISION CHEMNITZ - ACCESS ALL) 14. GV: FLAGS OUTSIDE HOTEL AT HALF-MAST 2.34 15. (SOUNDBITE) (German) CHRISTIAN BERGEMANN, TOUR MANAGER SAYING: "I spent the night with the teams and the trainers. We are in this together, one family. We sit together, we talk together and no one sleeps in order to get over the events together." 2.47 16. CU: SIGN READING "18TH INTERNATIONAL THURINGIA TOUR" 2.49 17. MV: BERGEMANN SPEAKING TO HOHLFELD 2.54 18. (SOUNDBITE) (German) TOUR OFFICIAL VERA HOHLFELD SAYING: "We can't train in parking lots. We have to use roads and we depend on drivers and their consideration. Yesterday's accident was a chain of unfortunate coincidences and it's very, very tragic." 3.07 19. GV: POLICE AND FORENSIC EXPERTS AT ACCIDENT SITE WITH TAPE MEASURE 3.11 20. CU: SPRAY PAINT DRAWINGS ON ROAD 3.16 21. GV/CU: WOODEN CROSS ON SIDE OF ROAD WITH FLOWERS IN FOREGROUND; FLOWERS; WOODEN CROSS WITH SIGN READING "ZEULENRODA, MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005 - WE ARE SAYING FAREWELL" AND WHITE NOTICE ON FLOWERS READING "DEEPEST SYMPATHIES - BAKERY MANFRED SEIFERT" (3 SHOTS) 3.27 22. GV: OFFICIALS WITH TAPE MEASURE AT SITE 3.31 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ZEULENRODA NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
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