Also: 5-day emergency contraceptive gets FDA approval.
Workers push an overturned off-road race truck upright Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 after it went out of control and ran into a crowd of spectators during a race in Lucerne Valley, Calif., on Saturday. Eight people were killed during the incident about 100 miles east of Los Angeles.From the Los Angeles Times:
Authorities said eight people were killed and dozens injured when a driver racing in the California 200 desert race in Lucerne Valley lost control of his off-roader, which went airborne and landed on top of spectators.
“He got airborne and, when he landed, rolled over straight into the spectators,’’ said Office Joaquin Zubieta of the California Highway Patrol, the agency investigating the deadly crash. “People didn’t have much of a chance … to get out of the way.’’
» Read the full story: Spectators killed in California 200 race 'didn't have much of a chance,' CHP says [Los Angeles Times]
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