dishonourableaccount t1_ja2bynt wrote
Reply to comment by TimTimmington in TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever. by triviafrenzy
Yeah there wasn’t a single viewing area- besides the grandstand where the disaster took place spectators lined up all along the course. The course included some local roads that were blocked off for the race.
Organizers reasoned that if the race was called off, everyone would leave at once, and no one would be able to use the roads to get medical care in and out.
dykeag t1_ja2utuu wrote
That's probably not a bad decision, honestly
IdiotCow t1_ja390ax wrote
It's the same reason why the NFL didn't cancel the Bills/Bengals game right away after Damar Hamlin almost died on the field this past year. It would have made it difficult for the ambulance to get in and get out, so they canceled it after he was taken out
Fit_Pineapple_7828 t1_ja5yhxw wrote
He was off the field 15-20 minutes after the incident. They didn’t even talk about cancelling the game until after he was gone. They canceled almost an hour and a half after he collapsed and the teams had gone back into the locker room to discuss it. Fans watched the ambulance come on the field in disbelief. Not really the same at all, the NFL hadn’t had anything like this happen and didn’t know what to do and frankly didn’t want to cancel such a highly touted prime time matchup.
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