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Rally: a spectator killed and two others injured after a car left the road during the Tour de Corse

A car taking part in the Tour de Corse, a rally reserved for “historic” cars, left the road on Tuesday in Porto-Vecchio (Southern Corsica) and hit three spectators, killing one and injuring two.

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Rally: a spectator killed and two others injured after a car left the road during the Tour de Corse

A car taking part in the Tour de Corse, a rally reserved for “historic” cars, left the road on Tuesday in Porto-Vecchio (Southern Corsica) and hit three spectators, killing one and injuring two. we learned from the firefighters and the prosecution.

“Following a racing car leaving the road, there were three victims: a 71-year-old man died, a 70-year-old man is in absolute emergency, suffering from multiple trauma, he was evacuated by helicopter to Ajaccio hospital and a third 73-year-old man, in relative emergency with fractures, who was evacuated to a clinic in Porto-Vecchio, an officer from the rescue and fire service told AFP from South Corsica.

The accident took place at 4:45 p.m. in the village of Muratello, attached to the commune of Porto-Vecchio, he said, adding that 16 firefighters intervened with six vehicles.

An investigation was entrusted to the research brigade of the Porto-Vecchio gendarmerie, the Ajaccio prosecutor's office told AFP, specifying that an automobile expert would be commissioned to make the findings.

The Tour de Corse historique is a rally reserved for so-called “historic” cars, put into circulation between 1947 and 1990 for the most recent. This is the 23rd edition of the event, which this year welcomes 380 crews. The race was to take place over five days, from this Tuesday to Saturday.

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