The 2012 edition of the yearly Podjavorinský okruh Nové Mesto nad Váhom, ended in tragedy by a fatal accident that resulted in the deaths of two spectators. The event was immediately abandoned after the tragedy.
On Saturday, 11 August 2012, the drivers were allowed to test their racing cars in one of the last training sessions for a reliability run around the Nové Mesto nad Váhom street circuit. About 15h30, Slovakian driver František Kováčik, 58-year-old, lost control of his red BMW M3, after hitting a wet patch on the road. The car swerved, mowed down a traffic sign and crashed into a bus stop from which a group of spectators was watching the race.
A pregnant woman, 37-year-old Adriana Barátová was killed on the spot. She lived just a few meters from the site of the accident.
Many other spectators who were standing at the same place, were injured in the crash. Amongst them was the ten-year-old boy Alex Černák who received severe injuries. By helicopter, he was transported to the Children's University Hospital in Bratislava where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
An experienced rallyman since the early 1980s, František "Ferko" Kováčik escaped serious injury. He was reported to be from Nitra, Slovakia, where he owned a garage.
The Podjavorinský okruh Nové Mesto nad Váhom was a festival for vintage and historic race cars and motorcycles, held every year in the town of Nové Mesto nad Váhom, in Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. The 12th edition of the event was scheduled to be contested on the weekend of 11 and 12 August 2012.
R.I.P
On Saturday, 11 August 2012, the drivers were allowed to test their racing cars in one of the last training sessions for a reliability run around the Nové Mesto nad Váhom street circuit. About 15h30, Slovakian driver František Kováčik, 58-year-old, lost control of his red BMW M3, after hitting a wet patch on the road. The car swerved, mowed down a traffic sign and crashed into a bus stop from which a group of spectators was watching the race.
A pregnant woman, 37-year-old Adriana Barátová was killed on the spot. She lived just a few meters from the site of the accident.
Many other spectators who were standing at the same place, were injured in the crash. Amongst them was the ten-year-old boy Alex Černák who received severe injuries. By helicopter, he was transported to the Children's University Hospital in Bratislava where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
An experienced rallyman since the early 1980s, František "Ferko" Kováčik escaped serious injury. He was reported to be from Nitra, Slovakia, where he owned a garage.
The Podjavorinský okruh Nové Mesto nad Váhom was a festival for vintage and historic race cars and motorcycles, held every year in the town of Nové Mesto nad Váhom, in Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. The 12th edition of the event was scheduled to be contested on the weekend of 11 and 12 August 2012.
R.I.P
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