Overview
- Police and Austrian media say Gribkowsky’s motorcycle struck a rain‑sewer cover on the Höllental road near Schwarzau im Gebirge on October 4, he was thrown from the bike and died at the scene.
- The former BayernLB board member served from 2003 to 2008 and was convicted in 2012 by the Munich I court of bribery, breach of trust and tax evasion and was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison.
- Court findings held that Gribkowsky received roughly $44 million from associates of Bernie Ecclestone and influenced BayernLB’s 2006 sale of Formula 1 stakes to the investor CVC.
- After becoming a day‑release prisoner in October 2013 and working for a construction firm by day, Gribkowsky was released early from custody in 2016 and had been living a private life since.
- Local coverage notes the Höllental route is a well‑known scenic road popular with motorcyclists and that the official accident notice initially did not name the victim before tabloid and Austrian outlets identified him, heightening attention on safety and the reaction of his family.