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Old August 25th 09, 04:58 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
Mike Vandeman[_4_]
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Default McDonald's executive dies in bike plunge

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_dig...06736000&ty=nd

McDonald's executive dies in bike plunge

The managing director of McDonald's Switzerland has been killed in a
mountain bike accident in the Swiss Alps.

Martin Knoll, a 51 year-old Austrian, was touring in a group when he
lost his balance and plunged about 50 metres in the Engstlenalp area
near Innertkirchen in canton Bern, the company's website announced on
Sunday.

His body had to be recovered by helicopter after the accident, which
occurred on Friday.

The area of the accident is popular with mountain bikers but police
describe it as "challenging". On the exposed stretch where Knoll fell,
notices advise bikers to dismount.

Knoll had been with McDonald's since 1993 and headed the business in
Switzerland and Liechtenstein since 2003.
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