A teenage driver and his co-driver were killed in a rally sprint crash in New Zealand.bTragically, Brooklyn Horan, a teenager, and Tyson Jemmett, a 35-year-old, lost their lives. Horan and Jemmet were racing at the Arcadia Road Rallysprint in Paparoa when their vehicle plunged into a river.
The vehicle veered off the gravel road and into a flooded river, a police investigator said. At the scene, first responders declared them both dead. Officially, Horan was driving the vehicle when it crashed, according to MotorSport New Zealand.
According to a statement from MotorSport, “the event took place on Arcadia Road in Paparoa, which was closed to the public for the duration of the event under the authority of the local Road Controlling Authority.””It appears that the road was not in a hazardous or dangerous state, but it is too early in the investigation to comment on what the primary contributing factors were to the crash.”
Wayne Christie, president of Motorsport New Zealand, expressed his condolences to the families and friends of these two competitors as well as to all those participating in the Arcadia Road Rallysprint. .
