NEWRY, Maine — A competitor was killed in a crash on the primary day of a rally race by means of a forest in western Maine, main organizers to cancel the occasion’s second day.

Erin Kelly, a 48-year-old lady from Marshall, Virginia, was killed Friday when her crew’s automotive crashed close to Decrease Richardson Lake in the course of the New England Forest Rally, the place automobiles race alongside rural backroads and logging tracks close to Maine’s border with New Hampshire, WMTW-TV reported.

On her LinkedIn web page, Kelly wrote that she had been navigating vehicles part-time as a interest for the Pullen Away Rally Workforce since 2015.

In rally racing, navigators sit subsequent to the drivers and skim out course notes similar to when to anticipate turns.

The crew, which says on its Fb web page that it’s based mostly in Northwood, New Hampshire, did not instantly reply to a Fb message or e mail searching for additional details about the crash.

Authorities are investigating the reason for the crash, which a photograph printed by WMTW-TV exhibits wrecked the automotive. The Oxford County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to a name searching for remark.

The American Rally Affiliation, which sanctioned the race, stated in an announcement Saturday that the New England Forest Rally determined to cancel the remainder of the occasion. It additionally stated it and the rally organizers expressed their “deepest condolences to Erin’s crew, household and plenty of associates all through the rally group.”

The lake is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Newry, in northwestern Maine.