VIDEOS: Fatal car accident on the 11th Esztergom-Nyerges Rally, multiple dead – UPDATED, PHOTOS

Fatal car accident on the 11th Esztegom-Nyerges Rally
Photo: FB/Kékfény

A fatal car accident happened on the 11th Esztergom-Nyerges Rally. Multiple viewers died when a car drifted out from the track and crashed into the spectators.

According to police.hu, the accident happened between Lábatlan and Bajót. They added authorities do not know yet how the driver lost control of the car or why the vehicle hit multiple viewers. Based on current information, at least four people died in the accident, while seven got injured.

The Arrabona Rally Club’s Facebook page wrote that medics are providing care for the injured. The supervising body of the rally aborted the contest at 1.30 pm because of the accident.

Városunk, Tatabánya, a Facebook community, wrote that a Skoda Fabia R5 crashed into the spectators. They wrote about 30 injured, and a small girl who died in the accident. Later reports did not confirm the child’s death. News outlets talked about a kid, who suffered light injuries.

RTL Klub shared a video of the accident, which you may check out HERE. And here is another video:

UPDATE: Four people died, eight injured, one of them suffered life-threatening injuries

According to Győrplusz, eight ambulance cars and four helicopters arrived soon. They could not save the life of four people. One child suffered life-threatening injuries (in other reports light injuries), one person was transported to the hospital with severe injuries, while six, including a kid, light injuries. All were taken to hospital.

Here are some photos taken on the scene:

UPDATE 2: Spectators stood in a forbidden area?

According to hirado.hu’s unconfirmed information, the victims of the fatal accident stood in a forbidden area. Some of the spectators had medical training, so they tried to bring the victims back unsuccessfully. One of them, Péter, told hirado.hu they tried everything they could.

We will update our article with further information.

Ambulance helicopters arrived:

Here are some photos of the cars taking part in the contest:

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