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I know this is not GT5 related. But one of our own died today on the 'Ring at about 10:00GMT.
The driver of the UK Registered Renault Clio took a corner too fast in damp conditions and crashed into the barrier, flipping the vehicle several times and ejecting a passenger out of the window. The driver and one passenger were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, the other passenger was pronounced dead at the scene with paramedics attended the accident site.
The passenger was a PSN and GT5 player. I don't personally know these people, nor do I remember playing against them. But I know somebody who had the passenger on his PSN list, I have been assured that both the passengers and the driver were not the type of people to commit reckless driving and that they left the spirited driving to the track, not the public roads.
I was asked to keep the deceased's identity a secret and so I instructed not to be told, the less you know the better sort of thing. You may have raced against this man, had a laugh with him during the race.
Remember, if like many GT5 fans you ever do decide to visit the Green Hell in person to experience it first... it got that nickname for a reason and people do die on it every year. This time though it claimed one of our own.
RIP to the fallen brother, and RIP to the motorcyclist who died at the 'carousel' corner the week before. Thought he deserved a mention just to highlight to anybody here with intentions to go there that in real life, you don;t just bouce off the barrier and carry on racing.
The driver of the UK Registered Renault Clio took a corner too fast in damp conditions and crashed into the barrier, flipping the vehicle several times and ejecting a passenger out of the window. The driver and one passenger were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, the other passenger was pronounced dead at the scene with paramedics attended the accident site.
The passenger was a PSN and GT5 player. I don't personally know these people, nor do I remember playing against them. But I know somebody who had the passenger on his PSN list, I have been assured that both the passengers and the driver were not the type of people to commit reckless driving and that they left the spirited driving to the track, not the public roads.
I was asked to keep the deceased's identity a secret and so I instructed not to be told, the less you know the better sort of thing. You may have raced against this man, had a laugh with him during the race.
Remember, if like many GT5 fans you ever do decide to visit the Green Hell in person to experience it first... it got that nickname for a reason and people do die on it every year. This time though it claimed one of our own.
RIP to the fallen brother, and RIP to the motorcyclist who died at the 'carousel' corner the week before. Thought he deserved a mention just to highlight to anybody here with intentions to go there that in real life, you don;t just bouce off the barrier and carry on racing.
