According to a statement from the Komárom-Esztergom County Police Headquarters, the vehicle participating in the rally drifted off the road between Lábatlan and Bajót for an unknown reason. According to the current information, four people were killed and seven were injured, they wrote on the police website.
The mass accident happened between Lábatlan and Bajót in the early afternoon of March 24.
According to the data so far, a vehicle participating in a rally race drifted off the road for reasons still unclear and drove into the spectators. According to current information, four people were killed and seven were injured. The circumstances are being clarified, the Komárom-Esztergom County Police Headquarters writes in its announcement.
According to the information of RallyLife, a couple driving a Skoda Fabia R5 drove into the spectators at the Esztergom-Nyergesújfalu ORB race, as they say, in addition to the four fatalities, dozens may also be injured.
They know that a child may be among the victims.
The Arrabona Rally Club's Facebook page states that the injured are currently being cared for, they will provide accurate information later. A few hours before the accident, it was written that oil got on the track, and the race was stopped because of this.
Kemma.hu car in front of the accelerator, the vehicle became uncontrollable and swept away people standing nearby.
RTL.hu presented a video of the accident, which shows the driver losing control of the vehicle and crashing his car into the spectators :
After the tragedy, ambulances and rescue helicopters were dispatched to the scene of the accident. The communications organizer of the National Ambulance Service, Katalin Sebő, announced:
eight ambulances and four rescue helicopters arrived at the scene.
The lives of four people could not be saved, one child was seriously-life-threatening, one person was seriously injured, and six people (including a child) were transported to the hospital for minor injuries.
The most recent tragedy occurred in August 2023 at a rally, when the 29th Veszprém Rallye, the fourth race of the HUMDA national championship, the double car of Csaba Nemes and Richárd Nemes crashed into a tree. The 47-year-old pilot Csaba Nemes lost his life, his navigator, his brother, survived the accident.
Featured image: Danger to life inscription on tires at the site of the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally near Bajot on March 24, 2024. According to the first information, four people were killed and seven were injured when a vehicle drifted off the road and drove into the spectators between Lábatlan and Bajót for reasons that have not yet been clarified. MTI/Boglárka Boglárka
