Rally Driver Bailed After Fatal Crash

A British driver, whose Porsche Carrera collided with another car in Macedonia during the Gumball 3000 rally, leaving two people dead, was last night released from custody on bail.

Nicholas Morley, 30, a property developer from Bowdon, Cheshire, was granted bail after posting £17,250 and promising to return to Macedonia in the event of a trial.

He was taken into custody on charges of endangering traffic and fleeing the scene of the accident. His co-driver, Matthew McConvile, 32, from Prestwich, Greater Manchester, was also released by local authorities. Charges against him were subsequently dropped . The men had been on the return leg of the 3,000-mile race across Europe - described as a "posh boys' jolly"- when they collided with a VW driven by a Macedonian pensioner near the southern town of Struga on Wednesday.

Vladimir Cepuljoski, 67, died instantly. His wife, who was rushed to Skopje General hospital 190 miles away, died from internal wounds yesterday.

"If charges are brought against him, they are likely to be heavier now that she has died too," a police spokesman said. "The Britons did not assist the victims, which is what they should have done." But they deny they abandoned the victims, saying they left to report the accident at the nearest police station.