A antheral driving a high-performance Porsche sports car died aft clipping an oncoming car and crashing into the broadside of a location portion trying to dodge a pothole, constabulary believe.
The 74-year-old man, from Reigate successful Surrey, was pronounced dormant astatine the country aft his 911 997 GT2 - a stripped backmost mentation of the iconic sports car designed for driving astatine contention circuits - deed aggregate cars and a roadside location connected a Sussex road.
A 65-year-old antheral from Midhurst successful Sussex who was driving a achromatic BMW was taken to infirmary aft incurring 'serious injuries' successful the smash. Two different vehicles, a achromatic BMW and a achromatic Audi, were besides involved.
Police are appealing for accusation and sources person indicated that 1 mentation relates to a ample pothole adjacent to the clang site, which they judge the antheral whitethorn person sought to debar arsenic helium travelled on the roadworthy connected Monday at 7.50am.
The crash, connected the A272 Horsham Road adjacent Petworth, was connected the aforesaid time arsenic a Porsche owners nine way time astatine Goodwood racing circuit conscionable a fewer miles away.
Police are appealing for accusation pursuing a fatal collision involving a precocious show mentation of a Porsche sports car
The 74-year-old who was driving the left-hand thrust Porsche 911 997 GT2 (pictured) died astatine the scene
Police are examining theories that the operator whitethorn person swerved to debar a pothole. The roadworthy has respective craters (one pictured)
Another crevice successful the roadworthy adjacent to the country of the crash. Police person not reached immoderate conclusions astir the origin of the crash
An aerial ambulance was summoned to the country (above). A 65-year-old antheral was taken to infirmary with superior injuries but is present stable
The clang saw the Porsche clip an oncoming car, clang into a BMW and ram into a roadside location connected the A272 adjacent to Goodwood racing circuit
Porsche Club Great Britain does not cognize whether the car, which had a personalised fig plate, belonged to 1 of its members.
A spokesperson said: 'At this time, we haven't been informed that this is 1 of our members.'
Sussex Police detectives judge the left-hand thrust sports car crashed into the BMW arsenic it swerved to debar the crater successful the tarmac, hitting 2 different vehicles and the structure of a roadside location earlier coming to a stop.
A root adjacent to the probe said: 'It's imaginable 1 of the cars swerved to debar the pothole. It's thing we are looking at.'
Paramedics, including an aerial ambulance, were summoned and treated the antheral astatine the scene. Despite their champion efforts helium died earlier helium could beryllium taken to hospital.
The 65-year-old operator of the achromatic BMW who was injured was taken to St Richard's Hospital successful Chichester wherever helium is present successful stable. The drivers of the 2 different vehicles were not injured.
Those surviving adjacent the country said the agelong of roadworthy is notorious for speeding. There is nary proposition astatine this clip that excessive velocity played a origin successful the incident.
One section said: 'Everybody speeds down this hill. After winding done each the lanes, its frustration.
'Once they spot the agelong straight, they think: 'This is my accidental to overtake'.'
A West Sussex County Council spokesperson said: 'We are alert of a four-vehicle collision connected the A272 Horsham Road successful Petworth connected Monday (29 April) successful which a antheral has sadly died and different operator suffered injuries.
'First and foremost, our thoughts are with the families and friends of those involved. The constabulary are carrying retired a collision probe and we await their findings. It would not beryllium due to remark immoderate further astatine this time.'
The Porsche 911 997 GT2 was, astatine the clip it was released 17 years ago, the fastest roadworthy car that the German shaper made
The car is designed for driving astatine contention circuits and has nary rear seats, which tin beryllium swapped retired for a rotation cage for information reasons
The car was lone the 3rd ever road-legal car Porsche had produced that was susceptible of exceeding 200mph
The GT2 is among the fastest editions of the 911 sports car that Porsche produces.
The German shaper began producing the stripped-back mentation of the car successful the 1990s arsenic a roadgoing companion to its competitory racing models.
The 997-generation mentation of the car became lone the 3rd ever road-legal Porsche to beryllium susceptible of exceeding speeds of 200mph.
It could scope 60mph from a lasting commencement successful nether 4 seconds and was, astatine the clip of its motorboat 17 years ago, the fastest roadworthy car the institution had ever built.
It had a highly tuned motor and a stripped retired lightweight interior - with nary rear seats and the enactment installing a rotation cage - to marque it arsenic accelerated arsenic possible, and was designed chiefly for driving astatine contention tracks.
According to DVLA data, determination are presently astir 156 Porsche 911 GT2s of each ages successful Britain - with astir six successful 10 declared off-road.
Officers are appealing for witnesses oregon anyone with accusation astir the collision to travel forward.
This includes anyone with CCTV successful the area, and anyone with dashcam footage from vehicles successful the country astatine the time.
Information tin beryllium reported to Sussex Police online oregon emailed to [email protected] quoting Operation Preston.
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