Rally cancelled over tragedy

The Czech Rally Zlín, part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, was cancelled on Sunday after a spectator was killed and another injured after a crash on stage 13. Václav Kopáček and Tomáš Singer’s Subaru flew off the road and collided with the two viewers at the Halenkovice stage. Organisers said the two were in an off-limits zone. The deceased is a 54-year-old man; the other spectator, who survived with light injuries, is reoprtedly a Hungarian national. The incident is under investigation by the police.

Author: Jan Velinger