24 Aug 01
The Algerian writer and philosopher Albert Camus was killed when the Facel Vega Coupe in which he was travelling hit a tree in January 1960. Camus, the front-seat passenger, died instantly when he was thrown through the rear screen. His publisher, Michel Gallimard, was driving the car and was blamed for the crash, although it seems likely that there was a mechanical fault. The unfinished manuscript of Camus' last book, Premier Homme, was in his bag in the car, but would not be published for another 35 years.
