Cozy's crash
Garry Smith
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Rock musician's last call
A girlfriend of a 1970s rock musician told a Bristol inquest how she
was talking to him on his mobile as his car crashed at 104 mph.
Cozy Powell, aged 50, formerly a drummer with Black Sabbath, had
just told Sharon Reeve that he hoped the engine would not seize up,
as he was going so fast, she said in a statement. Then he said "Oh,
shit" and went silent.
A police officer told the court that Mr Powell's black turbo Saab 9000
had a rear tyre puncture just before he crashed on April 5 on the M4
near Bristol. He was slightly over the drink-drive limit and was not
wearing a seatbelt. He was dead on arrival at hospital.
Verdict: accidental death.
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Garry Smith ga...@caleyjag.demon.co.uk
Richard Breese
<ga...@caleyjag.demon.co.uk> writes
[snip interesting Guardian report of Cozy's inquest]
The Daily Telegraph (26/8) also reports it (on page 3):
ROCK STAR'S FOUR-LETTER CRY AS HE CRASHED AT 104MPH
Cozy Powell, the rock drummer, died in a motorway crash while talking to
his girlfriend on his mobile phone, an inquest heard yesterday.
Powell, 50, who was over the drink-drive limit and not wearing a seat-
belt, joked with Sharon Reeve that was "doing 104mph" in his Black Saab
9000 Carlsson Turbo,
Seconds later, however, the rear was tyre punctured and the car spun out
of control as the driver turned a bend.
Powell, a former member of Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, and the Michael
Schenker Group, was thrown from the vehicle as it cart-wheeled through
the air before landing on top of him.
A passing off-duty policeman ran to the scene and found the drummer's
body underneath the vehicle.
An inquest in Bristol yesterday heard that the accident happened on the
M4 near Bristol as Powell, who had a lifelong love of fast cars and
motorbikes, drove from his home in Woodford St Mary, near Hungerford,
Berks, to meet Miss Reeve in Cardiff on April 5.
In a statement that was read out to the inquest, she said: "I telephoned
his mobile at 8.30pm that day but he was having problems with his
signal.
"He said he was having trouble with his gearbox and said, 'I'm driving
at nearly 104mph and I hope the engine doesn't seize.'
"He broke of in mid-sentence. I heard Cozy say 'Oh, shit' and I heard a
loud bang. At this stage I realised he was involved in an accident so I
called the police."
The inquest heard that Powell, whose real name was Colin, was found to
be over the drink-drive limit with 119mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
Paul Forrest, the Avon coroner, recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Powell's biggest hit was the instrumental Dance With The Devil, which
reached number 3 in the UK singles charts in 1973.
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RIP Cozy
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Richard Breese
RicardO
Breese <r...@SPAMMENOTabanazer.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In a statement that was read out to the inquest, she said: "I telephoned
> his mobile at 8.30pm that day but he was having problems with his
> signal.
>
> "He said he was having trouble with his gearbox and said, 'I'm driving
> at nearly 104mph and I hope the engine doesn't seize.'
>
> "He broke of in mid-sentence. I heard Cozy say 'Oh, shit'
It would certainly be one of those!
>
> The inquest heard that Powell, whose real name was Colin, was found to
> be over the drink-drive limit with 119mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
Bummer! Can you say...."dont drink and drive"? Sure... I knew you could.
What a pity.
RicardO
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RicardO
Svante
>Black Saab 9000 Carlsson Turbo,
Sorry for being insensitive here perhaps in the middle of reports
about someone's death, but what kind of Saab is this? I know there is
an old Swedish rally driver who's name is Carlsson (or maybe Karlsson,
AKA Karlsson på taket) who's biggest claim to fame seems to be that he
drove one of those really old Saabs way back when, in the 50's
somewhere.
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Svante Pettersson
The Highway Star - http://www.deep-purple.com/
Another site - http://deep-purple.family-tree.org/
(C) 1998 The Deep Purple Can Do No Wrong Society
Harry Teratoma
another "Cozy crashed again" story.