FIA To Hold Emergency Meeting To Review Safety Following Deadly Rally Crash
The crash occurred when one car ran off on the exit of a turn and barrel-rolled through a crowd of spectators who were standing on the circuit's edge. Spanish media reported that the car was a compact Peugeot 206 XS.
The Express (which includes video of the crash) reports that the driver is thought to be Sergio Tabeayo Sande, and that those injured have been taken to the nearby La Coruna University Hospital Complex. According to reports, the driver and co-driver were not among those injured.
BBC News reports that 16 were injured in total. Some of those injured are in a critical condition, and the rally was suspended.
09/07/15 FIA President Jean Todt has called an "emergency top level meeting to review safety after seven people were killed at a high-speed rally in Spain," according to Byron Young of the London DAILY MIRROR.
Todt "summoned all the big players in world rallying" for emergency discussions in Geneva on Wednesday. The move ordered while he was at the Italian F1 Grand Prix comes after a "series of horrifying smashes in which fans have been killed."
In the latest on Saturday evening "a pregnant woman, days from giving birth, was hit by an out-of-control car in Carral, La Coruna." An FIA statement said, "The objective of the meeting is to review the recent tragic accidents that have occurred and to evaluate every possible additional measures to support and strengthen the organizers’ efforts regarding both spectator and driver safety." Daily Mirror