Road Safety Concerns After Car Rally Deaths

[Jazzy]

Questions are being asked about the safety of a car rally in Scotland after two cars came off the road, killing three people and injuring six others.

Jim Clark Rally organisers only abandoned the event following the second crash, which took place at Little Swinton, near Coldstream, around 4pm on Saturday.

Two men, aged 73 and 71, and a 63-year-old woman - all from the Greater Glasgow area - died when the car left the road, leaving another man in a critical condition in hospital.

Sky sources understand two of the three people killed were from the same family, while the third was a photographer.

They were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, but their bodies were expected to be removed from the crash scene later today.

Superintendent Phil O'Kane said: "We secured the scene last night (but) it was fading light and the practicalities meant body removal was not an option, so they will be recovered over the course of today and police."

The rally car was going over a hump at speed before it lost control, Sky sources understand.

The crash came two hours after another car left the road near Crosshall Farm, striking five people.

The Jim Clark Rally takes place over three days on closed roads in the Duns and Kelso areas.

The rally course is described on the event's website as having "a reputation for being fast with big jumps, ditches and hedges".

The event is named after Scottish Formula One driver Jim Clark, who was raised in the area. Clark died in a motor racing accident in Hockenheim, Germany, in 1968.

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I would think they would have stopped this after the first crash.

What do you think?

 

[Raven]

According to Sky News where they were stood was actually off limits to spectators. Very sad but if they had kept out of that area they would still be alive.

Unfortunately this happens alot in Rallying.