"Crash kills 8 at desert race; Thrill-seeking crowd was close to spot where truck lost control" by Gillian Flaccus and Andrew Dalton, Associated Press | August 16, 2010
LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. — Hundreds of thrill-seeking fans watched in horror Saturday night as one racer took a jump at high speed, hit his brakes on landing, and rolled his truck sideways into spectators, sending bodies flying on a section of track that had no guardrails or other barriers to keep the crowd back. Eight people were killed and 12 were injured at the California 200, a race in the Mojave Desert about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles....
I never want to see anyone's fun ruined -- especially in this sort of way.
John Payne, 20, of Anaheim, said the victims included one person who was decapitated:
“That’s desert racing for you. You’re at your own risk out here. You are in the middle off the desert. People were way too close and they should have known. You can’t really hold anyone at fault. It’s just a horrible, horrible accident.’’
But the U.S. government does feel the need to regulate your personal lives, America.
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Oh, the race was held on federal land?
No concerns about global warming or anything, huh?
