Two individuals had been killed and a minimum of 5 had been injured after a drag racing car veered off a monitor and struck spectators Saturday afternoon within the Texas Hill Nation, authorities mentioned.
The crash occurred at about 3:20 p.m. at a makeshift monitor on the Kerrville-Kerr County Airport within the metropolis of Kerrville, Kerrville police mentioned.
4 individuals had been taken by helicopter to medical services in San Antonio, about 65 miles southeast of the monitor, and one injured spectator was taken to a neighborhood hospital, police mentioned.
Authorities didn’t present the situations of the injured individuals.
“A car collaborating in a drag racing occasion … misplaced management and left the runway, crashing into parked automobiles and putting spectators who had been observing the races,” police mentioned in a written assertion.
The racing was a part of the “Airport Race Wars 2” occasion. Organizers and an airport official didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Utilizing airports for monitor occasions and car testing will not be uncommon.
Police are investigating what brought about the crash.
