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After the serious accident at the Nurburgring on Saturday to run the investigation. How could it happen that two tourists driver in their car were killed and three others were injured?
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Car spun out of curve - two dead
A reviewer should now clarify the exact circumstances of the accident. According to previous police investigation a 29-year-old Frenchman had strayed consolidated in a tourist trip with his car off the road. According to police, the man was driving too fast on a wet road and was thrown in a curve to the left of the track.
The Nordschleife of Eifelstrecke has a tourist area, are allowed to drive on the visitors with private cars.
Marshals seriously injured
The car was crashed into a vehicle of track safety, there another car drivers had previously had a minor accident. The Frenchman and his 29-year-old female passenger still died at the accident site. The two marshals were difficult, but has not been seriously injured, police said. The standing besides the road tourist drivers suffered accordingly a shock.
notorious route
Aerial view of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The accident occurred on the Nordschleife (archive picture)
It is not the first deaths at the Nürburgring. The last momentous accidents in recent history occurred in the past year. During a long-distance race in late March 2015 spectators was killed when a racing car took off before a right turn and crashed into a tire barrier. From there, the car flew over the security fence in the audience.
In April 2015 three people were seriously injured in a closed racing event called Drift Cup event of an accident. Following the security arrangements had been raised for racing. A residual risk remains in motorsport - and tourist drivers go anyway at your own risk on the infamous route.