ATHENS, Greece — Police and hospital officials in Athens say Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos has been killed in road accident.
They say the 76-year-old director suffered serious head injuries and died at a hospital near Athens on Tuesday after being hit by a motorcycle while walking across a road.
Other details of the incident were not immediately available.
Angelopoulos won numerous awards for his movies, most at European film festivals, during his career that spanned more than 40 years.