Mainland | 20 years since the terrible accident: Karel Černoch’s life was saved by an unfastened seat belt, Patrik Stoklasa did not survive

The singer Karel Černoch didn’t like to drive a car, it scared him. His driver, who was a family friend, Jan. He was also behind the wheel on October 19, 2004, when Karel Černoch, young singer Patrik Stoklasa and international soccer player František Veselý were returning from the ČSSD pre-election concert.

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A blessing in disguise

The accident happened on the 183rd kilometer of the D1 highway in the direction of Prague. A Mercedes Vito collided with a Liaz semi-trailer truck, which was going uphill in the lane intended for slow vehicles. The Mercedes collided first with the truck on its side, and when the driver pulled the steering wheel, the vehicles collided again.

Karel Černoch was sitting in the back seat without a belt, which saved his life in the final. During the accident, the door broke after the impact and the singer got out of the car. several he ran on the road for ten meters and will last only wonderfully. After the accident, he suffered a concussion and a complex leg fracture.

The young singer did not survive the accident

The young singer became much worse If Patriarch Stoklaswho was sitting in the passenger seat during the accident, ie the so-called death seat. Unconscious, he was taken to a Brno hospital, where he underwent several operations. Doctors gave him a ten percent chance of survival and told his relatives that his brain would likely be damaged.

Finally, after four days, he was separated from the machines and died at the age of twenty-two. The black man blamed himself for the terrible end of his colleague’s life.

A rather unchanging adventure

Although Karel Černoch narrowly escaped death at the time, only a few months later doctors discovered that he had cancer and he had to undergo colon surgery in the hospital. Just when it seemed the worst was out of the way, the deadly disease returned again. And she hit much harder.

In the end, even a terrible fighting spirit was not enough, and the legendary singer succumbed to cancer on December 27, 2007. He was then only sixty-four years old. “I know he has been battling a serious illness for the past few years and I think his death was a relief from his pain and suffering. By now he seems to be singing Ferryman’s Lament on the Other Shore.” singer Helena Vondráčková appeared to iDnes at the time.

He was truly proud of his children

Just before his death, Karel Černoch managed to help his daughter Tereza Černochová with the publication of the first album. He was very proud of her and supported her in her music career. Even before her eighth birthday, she was active in three girls Black Milktoday, apart from his solo work, he sings with a band Monkey business.

His son of Marek he was involved in high politics and was a moderator. Today it is mainly for airplane pilot. “It was still on the radio when, within five minutes, this decision dawned on me, and in two years I was sitting in a Boeing 737 and floating in the clouds.” he reported in an interview for Kafe. But he also got musical talent from his famous father, his great hobby is singing.

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