Spectator Killed After Being Struck by Rally Car at Mille Miglia
Translated from Italian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A 63-year-old spectator from Turin, Francesco de Pasquale, died after a competing car struck him during the Mille Miglia rally near Bione, in Italy’s Brescia province.
- He had been taking photographs at a bend while attending the race with his wife, who was unharmed.
- Race officials suspended the event after the crash.
Francesco de Pasquale had travelled from the Turin area with his wife to watch the Mille Miglia rally. Instead, the 63-year-old car enthusiast was struck and killed by a competing vehicle in Bione, in the Valsabbia area of Brescia province.
De Pasquale was taking photographs near a bend when the car hit him. His wife was with him at the time and escaped unharmed.
The race direction suspended the rally following the serious incident.
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Originally published by ANSA in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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