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TORONTO – Spectators and two drivers at a rally car race in Italy narrowly escaped serious injuries after a car drove off the track and flew into the air.
The Jolly Rally Valle d’Aosta 2014 race was held over this past weekend in northern Italy. Driver Piero Scavone and navigator Diego D’Hérin lost control of their car as it came around a corner.
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In a video posted online, the vehicle appears to mount the wall and flip straight over half a dozen spectators before rolling back on the course.
An Italian newspaper said both Scavone and D’Hérin got out of the vehicle unscathed and no other injuries were reported, although one fan was said to be treated for shock.
Many on social media wondered why fans were allowed to sit on the wall near the track and not off in a barricaded spectator area.
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