Sep
6
A young mum-to-be due to give birth tomorrow was killed after rally car crashed into watching spectators in Spain.
Ana Cayazzo and her partner Miguel Caridad died instantly when they were struck by one of the race cars as it lost control on a bend.
They have been named as two of the six victims killed in the tragedy.
Poignant pictures – posted by Miguel on his Facebook page before yesterday’s tragedy near La Coruña in Galicia, north-west Spain – show him tenderly patting his girlfriend’s belly.
Town hall officials in Cambre, the neighbouring town to Carral where the accident happened, told a local paper Ana was nine months pregnant and due to give birth tomorrow.
Miguel, a keen motor racing fan, is understood to have persuaded her to watch the rally a short drive from their home.
Tragedy struck just before 8pm when a Peugeot driven by Sergio Tabeayo Sande, who comes from Carral, lost control of his Peugeot 206 XS on a bend and smashed into a 20-strong crowd of spectators.
Shocking video footage shows the moment a car hurtled off the rally track and ploughed into a crowd of spectators.
Four women and two men were fatally injured in the horror crash, which took place during the Rally de la Coruna, in Galicia.
Another pregnant woman was reportedly among those who died. The death toll is expected to rise.
No Brits are believed to be among the injured.
The first ambulance is said to have taken nearly half an hour to reach the scene.
Officials insisted the race had been suspended immediately after the accident so paramedics could get to the area as soon as possible.
Seven ambulances took the injured to three hospitals in the nearby city of La Coruña.
At around 8pm local time the vehicle flew off the track and into the crowd on a stretch of the route passing through Carral.
More than 130 cars were taking part.
Shocked eye witnesses took to Twitter to share pictures of the crash.
Monica Carrillo tweeted: “Two dead and several injured in a rally in Coruna in the last minute.”
Another fan wrote alongside a picture: “Serious accident at Coruna rally.
“There may be two dead and a dozen injured.”
Eyewitnesses told Spain’s Ideal news site the scene was “chaotic”.
Rally Coruña. Acidente con víctimas. @EPGalicia @europapress @NachodeFerrol @el_pais @elmundoes pic.twitter.com/ue4hjKITzM
— Jesús Romero (@jromerocastro) September 5, 2015
More than 130 cars were enrolled in the 20th rally in Coruna, with them all competing for the Galician championship.
The rally driver involved in the crash is reported to be from Carral.
One local paper named him last night as Sergio Tabeayo Sande, nicknamed Tisi.
Dos muertos y varios heridos en un rally en A Coruña. La última hora en las #NoticiasFinDeSemanaA3 pic.twitter.com/xGV4B2TnLe
— Mónica Carrillo (@MonicaCarrillo) September 5, 2015
His co-driver was named as Luis Miguel Prado Santos.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted: “My heartfelt condolences for those killed. I wish the injured a full and speedy recovery.”
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque said after his side’s 2-0 Euro 2016 win over Slovakia last night: “We regret this loss of life and we are thinking about the relatives.”
Cambre mayor Oscar Garcia decreed three days of mourning for the three victims from its municipality along with neighbouring municipality Carral.
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