An amateur motorcycle rider was killed and two others were slightly injured Wednesday afternoon on the Bugatti 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit, in a collision, we learned from the Automobile Club of West (ACO).
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The pilots were immediately taken care of at the scene of the accident by the runway medical team
" before the arrival of the SMUR (Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service), said the ACO in a press release.
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One of the pilots was subsequently transferred to the circuit medical center.
Care was provided continuously, to no avail.
The two other pilots were slightly injured and their vital prognosis is not engaged
”, specifies the press release.
The taxiing on the circuit was organized by the Box 23 club. "
In agreement with the organizer, the taxiing has not resumed (...) and a psychological cell has been set up
", further indicates the ACO who expresses its condolences to the family and relatives of the pilot on which the organization provides no details.