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The Victim: Frederik Jansen van Vuuren
1958 -1977
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100720976/frederik-janse_van_vuuren
Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce died on the tracks during the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami on 5 March 1977. The horrific accident left two people dead; a marshal Frederick Jansen Van Vuuren, who was running across the tracks to help another driver whose car had caught fire and Pryce himself. The marshal’s body was torn in half when it was hit by Pryce’s car and Pryce was hit in the head by the fire extinguisher that the marshal had been carrying. Pryce was partially decapitated by his helmet strap and died instantly. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a formula one race and the only Welsh to lead a Formula one World Championship Grand Prix. A statue of him has been erected in his hometown of Ruthin in his remembrance.
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damn F for respect man, but Fredrick should have looked both ways
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Rest in peace. I'm glad formula 1 has grown much much safer these days.
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More than 10 years ago I remember seeing a picture, supposedly of Tom Pryce's face after the impact, and it was just a black hole on a face. Looking at this, seems like his face wasn't completely obliterated upon impact, or at least the side photographed on the third image. My dad always told me about this crash when I started to become an F1 fan. Gnarly stuff.
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Rip my homie
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Honestly death barely missed the other Marshal as well.. why are they freely running across the track while these cars are oncoming at full speed?!
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I fell so bad for the guy who run just to help
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Great post!
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Rip my guy the guy was tryna help the person who ran over him is a asshole!
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not his fault tho. the cars reach up to 300 kmh, the person who ran across should've been more careful, Becuase the driver has no control over the vehicle when it comes to braking in matter of seconds. it's something that can happen to anyone, that's why you don't run recklessly across the road WHATSOEVER. Even if you have to help the guy across the road, you can't go if you see cars coming.
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driver died too
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The Marshal’s body was not torn in half. The video made it appear that way because how his pants flew up on impact.
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oh shit, this wasn’t uploaded here already? this was my favorite death on the original WPD. it’s still fascinating to me that the sheer force of getting hit made Van Vuuren spin to death.
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oye y no hay video del conductor cuando choca? o fotos aunque sea de su cabeza
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Pretty crazy how they pulled up the asphalt and made a dirt track then put in a fence from the time he was hit til help got there.
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pretty sure those are two different places on the track. after he hit the fire marshal (guy running across track) the driver was hit in the head then he kept “driving”probably slammed into another car then into the fence or something.
It’s kind of hard to drive when you get decapitated by a fucking fire extinguisher lol
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Look both ways kids
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Snapshots:
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https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/british-racing-driver-tom-pryce-dies-freak-accident-during-south-african-grand-prix#:~:text=Welsh:
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Shouldn't have laughed..
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