Cuprabob Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12474/9293574/former-ferrari-mechanic-nigel-stepney-has-died Sadly, Nigel Stepney has been killed in a road accident today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Oh sh!t. That was my first reaction, out loud to nobody in particular. RIP Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yeah just saw that myself horrible what seems to have happened. Just shows how dangerous it is on the hard shoulder of a motorway. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yeah just saw that myself horrible what seems to have happened. Just shows how dangerous it is on the hard shoulder of a motorway. RIP. As per my earlier post, unfortunately it doesn't read like an accident.... Kent Police said in a separate statement that a 56-year-old, confirmed by the team to be Stepney, was hit by a truck at 1.28 am after stopping his van on the hard shoulder of the M20 motorway at Ashford. "For reasons yet to be established, the man appears to have entered the carriageway and was then in collision with an articulated goods vehicle. He was pronounced deceased at the scene," the police said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Oh dear. That is horrific. For both him and the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) Case Closed: Ex-Formula 1 engineer Nigel Stepney who worked for Ferrari and with Michael Schumacher dived in front of lorry on M20 near Ashford A sad end to sad story But despite chilling evidence from the lorry driver and police that suggested former Ferrari chief mechanic Nigel Stepney committed suicide, a coroner said she could not be certain he had intended to take his own life. .... The lorry driver said: “All of a sudden I saw the figure of a person dive out from the left. His arm was stretched out above his head. It was almost as if he’d been crouching down in front of the van and thrown himself into the path of my vehicle. --- PC David Kirk confirmed Mr Byl was driving within the speed limit - 56mph - and said damage to the front of the lorry showed Mr Stepney was “not standing upright” when he was hit and was “moving from left to right”. ... A friend of the couple, Karen Day told the inquest she had been asked by Mr Stepney to witness the signing of some documents. However, when she met him the following morning she was “shocked” to find he actually wanted her to be the trustee to two life insurance policies. Edited October 12, 2014 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Very sad isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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