Magnus Lindgren (chef)

Death

Lindgren died in November 2012 in a car accident in Hong Kong. He and British chef Jorge Arango Herrera were killed when the taxi they were riding in was crushed between two double-decker buses in Shau Kei Wan, a district in eastern Hong Kong island.[1] Lindgren and Herrera, along with 53-year-old taxi driver Wong Kim-chung, were trapped in the cab for more than an hour before firemen could free them from the wreckage, they were all declared dead at hospital.[2] More than 50 other people were also injured in the accident. The pair were in Asia at the invitation of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where they were to cook a series of private meals alongside Heston Blumenthal.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hong Kong Chef Tragedy Prompts Road Safety Concerns, Time, November 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Two Fat Duck chefs are killed in Hong Kong crash, London Evening Standard, November 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ Fat Duck chefs killed in car accident; World's top cooks send condolences, New York Daily News, November 21, 2012.
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