Sunday, August 15, 2010

8 Killed, 12 Injured in California Off-Road Race

Eight people at last and 12 are Seriously injured on an off-road truck lost control and crashed into the Crowd During the California 200 race Held in Soggy Dry Lake Bed in the Mojave Desert is a Saturday night. San Bernandino County sheriff spokeswoman Cindy Bachman Said That seven ambulances and 10 emergency aircraft were dispatched to transport the Victims Thurs Loma Linda University or St. Mary's Medical Center.
"There was dust everywhere, people screaming, people running," David Conklin, a photographer Covering the event for off-road magazines, Told The Associated Press. "When I got up to the vehicle I could tell people were monetize That Trapped. There were just body of everywhere. "
Also described Conklin That he "saw one woman with a major head wound lying in a pool of blood. Someone else was crushed beneath the car. "
The race bothered with "Variety of off-road vehicles take Jumps and Other Obstacles and REACH speeds up to 100 mph on the 50-mile off-road course.
The truck driver flee from the scene "when the Crowd began throwing rocks at him.

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