A person has died and 7 different individuals had been injured, two critically, in a tragic accident at Germany’s Nürburgring circuit on Monday.

The accident occurred on the outdated 12.9-mile Nordschleife observe throughout one of many common touristenfahrten days the place members of the general public will pay €25 ($29) to drive their very own automobiles.

Native media retailers say a 34-year outdated man died when his Mazda MX-5 crashed right into a tow truck responding to a earlier incident and burst into flames.

In response to Highway & Observe, which spoke to a driver who got here on the scene shortly afterwards, the incident started when a fast-moving Porsche 911 GT3 started leaking fluids onto the observe floor. The Porsche driver pulled over to the facet of the observe when he realised what was taking place, and a tow truck was quickly available to take away the 911.

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However earlier than that was capable of occur a number of different automobiles arrived on the scene the place the observe was coated in fluids from the Porsche. The MX-5 hit the tow truck and at the least 9 different automobiles both needed to swerve to keep away from an accident or misplaced management.

“I used to be shocked to see one of many orange Lenz low loader tow vans with a automotive wedged beneath it,” stated the motive force who spoke to Highway & Observe and supplied the web site with images of the pile-up. “The automotive was unrecognizable, no concept what it was, it had pushed the truck into the air and was utterly beneath.”

Drivers of different automobiles on the scene tried to help emergency crews through the use of their private fireplace extinguishers, however the Mazda driver tragically died. Although accidents, and even fatalities, on the Nürburgring aren’t unusual, this one appears notably poignant because it occurred at Ex-Mühle (Water Mill), the curve simply earlier than the part the place F1 World Champion Niki Lauda suffered his horrific fiery accident on the 1976 German Grand Prix.