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Complete name: Patrick Dominique Joseph Meyer |
Birth date: 18.Dec.1949 |
Birth Place: Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin (67), France |
Death date: 18.Jun.2005 |
Death Place: Sainte Marie en Chanois, Haute-Saône, France |
Nationality: France |
Gender: male |
Age at death: 55 |
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Event date: 18.Jun.2005 |
Series: Coupe de France des rallyes 2ème division [French Rally Cup - second division] |
Race: 30ème Rallye de la Luronne |
Event type: rally stage |
Country: France |
Venue: Rallye de la Luronne |
Variant: 2005, fifth special stage, Vosges Saônoises |
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Role: driver |
Vehicle type: car |
Vehicle sub-type: touring car |
Vehicle brand/model: Peugeot 106 16S |
Vehicle number: 107 |
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Notes: Patrick Meyer was a 55 year-old doctor of Bischoffsheim, near Strasbourg, France, who had been a rally driver in the 70s and after he abandoned racing for several years he came back in 2000, rallying with his son Geoffroy Meyer as co-driver.
At about 10h20 on 18 June 2005 near the small town of Sainte Marie en Chanois shortly after the start of the fifth special stage of the 30th rallye de la Luronne, the car driven by Patrick Meyer-Geoffroy Meyer went off the road and overturned at the end of a short straight, crashing into a tree on driver's side. The violence of the impact was such that the white Peugeot 106 16S was crumpled around the tree. Patrick Meyer was killed on the spot, Geoffroy Meyer, 25 year-old was taken to Luxeuil hospital with slight injuries. Patrick Meyer was survived by his wife Martine.
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Sources:
- French Death Index, 1970-2020, retrieved by website MyHeritage: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10823-16576319/patrick-dominique-joseph-meyer-in-france-death-index?s=716420611 .
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Website Est Républicain, article "Le rallye de la Luronne endeuillé", page http://www.estrallye.com/newsmois.php3?mois=06&annee=2005.
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Website Est Républicain, page http://www.estrallye.com/rallye05/luronne5.php3.
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Website Pleine Corde, page http://pleinecorde.free.fr/site/Rallye_de_la_Luronne_(70)/index.html.
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Website Pixel Motors, page http://pixelmotors.free.fr/modules/photo/gallery.php?dir=2005_Rallye_de_la_Luronne.
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Website eWRC-Result.com by Tomáš "Shacki" Wanka, page https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/30272-patrick-meyer/ .
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