Overview

• Around 11 a.m. local time a competitor’s vehicle veered off course near Saint-Just in Puy-de-Dôme and struck a group of onlookers.
• Two brothers, aged 60 and 70, and a 44-year-old man died either at the scene or later in hospital.
• Race officials immediately canceled the Rallye de la Fourme and dispatched medical teams to care for dozens of stunned bystanders.
• The Staatsanwaltschaft in Puy-de-Dôme has launched an involuntary manslaughter investigation to determine legal responsibility.
• Organizers have not commented publicly even though last year’s rally also saw a spectator fatality under contested safety measures.