Re: [californiadisasters] 8 Dead, 12 Hurt at Off-Road Race in CA. Desert

Terrible accident.   No doubt they need to rethink how the crowd stands a few feet away from jumping and racing trucks.     A plastic net barrier is next to nothing.

 

Jason

 

In a message dated 8/15/2010 1:08:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kimnoyes@gmail.com writes:

 

8 dead, 12 hurt at off-road race in Calif. desert

Associated Press August 14, 2010 11:22 PM Copyright Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Appeared in San Francisco Chronicle

Saturday, August 14, 2010

(08-14) 23:22 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --

Authorities say a vehicle ran into a crowd and killed eight people during an off-road race in the Southern California desert.

San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says one of the vehicles in the race called the California 200 plowed into the crowd Saturday night. She says 12 people were injured and many of the wounded were airlifted to hospitals.

The race was being held in Soggy Dry Lake Bed near the city of Lucerne Valley.

No other details were immediately available.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/14/state/n232259D06.DTL&type=newsbayarea

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