A freak accident. Very sad.
Henry Surtees, 18, the son of motorsport legend John Surtees was killed in a “freak” accident during a Formula Two (F2) race. You can see the accident in the video above, a car crashes into a side barrier and one of the tires flies off and bounces towards the track and hits Henry in the head while he was racing. If he was just a bit faster or just a bit slower the tire would have missed his head and hit the car. Extremely unlucky and very very sad. [YouTube]
Jul 20, 2009
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He died ?! OMG I didn’t notice the tire from the first time !
This so sad, I can’t believe that he died from this hit !
Well he was traveling at very high speeds when the tire hit him
Poor guy ..
seriously.. those cars need to be fuckin re-designed, where the driver sits.
wait… who died? the guy who was hit by a tire on his head? the one seen in the video walking away from his car?
What a shame, he had his whole career ahead of him.
some times life is freaking absurd
Isn’t he the one who stood up and started walking? when did he die?
no that was the other driver from the car which the tire flew from.
sebamboot: I thought so as well at first. But notice the guy who got hit with the tire was wearing a white helmet. The other guy who was walking was wearing a blue one. Very sad.
Death has its very own design.
Anyway, somebody should be immediately start revising the safety aspects of these cars.
A freak tragic accident.
On the whole these cars are very safe it is likely there was a fault in the wheel brace as they are not meant to come off like that anymore.
by the looks of it he was probably killed instantly as he made no attempt to brake or turn the car and his foot was still on the accelerator when the car stopped.
Very sad, RIP Henry
I guess when its your time, its your time :/
Well when it is time to go then it is time to go !!! This is life !!!
RIP
Kadavul…
death has it’s very own design… What is this? the movie “Final Destination”?
The tire did not kill him, if you followed the (more info…) on youtube you’d find that it only knocked him unconscious, and that led to the harsh head-on impact on the next turn, he was stabilized on the track and then flown to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
It’s tragic and a shame. These cars are safe, but there isn’t something called a perfect design, no one would have ever imagined a blow from the sky like this one.
M3T4L his crash into the wall wasn’t harsh, he died from head injuries incurred from the tire hitting him.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2009-07-19-3306559081_x.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/8160144.stm
Palmer confirmed that the fatal injury occurred in the collision with the wheel and not the impact at the following corner.
If you think this was freak, check out Massa’s crash from yesterday. Atleast the whole wheel found Sutees. In Massa’s case, a single spring from Barrichello’s car found Massa’s head. It looks like he’ll survive though.