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Dramatic Rescue of Polish Racers Trapped in Renault Clio that Flipped into a Lake
Video footage of a chilling incident that serves as a reminder of the dangers faced by racing drivers has surfaced online. The accident took place in Poland during the first stage of the 2012 Mazowiecki Rally when a Renault Clio racecar crashed and flipped over landing into a pond, roof first trapping both the driver, Patrick Osowiecki and his navigator, Maciej Wrona.
The two men were under water tied up in their racing bucket seats.
Luckily for them, even though there were no officials around, rally fans came to their rescue almost immediately saving them from the worst. You can watch the dramatic footage in the video after the jump.
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Watch A High-powered Buggy Flip Over During A Hill Climb
Sure, it's not to everyone's taste, but there's something primitively cool about a bare-bone racing buggy being pushed to its limits on a hill climb. Naturally, as with any other kind of motorsports, accidents do happen but at least no one...
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Ford Fiesta Maxi In A Horrifying Rally Crash In Argentina
If you watch the spine-tingling video that follows, you'd be hard pressed to believe that not a single person was injured during this racing incident. Yet amazingly, both the driver of the Ford Fiesta rally car, Nicolas Diaz, and his co-pilot, Luis...
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Polish Racer Loses Control Of Renault Clio Rs And Violently Smashes Into A Tree
Rallying or any type of motorsports for that matter, and accidents go hand in hand, which is why the governing bodies around the world have mandated a series of safety measures for both drivers and their vehicles. In the video that follows past the...
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Talk About A Very, Very Close Call For A Florida State Trooper
A passing car hit Florida highway patrol officer Daniel Morley while he was talking to another driver on the emergency lane last Thursday. The dramatic incident was caught on film by the trooper's dashboard mounted camera and was released to the...
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Man Drives On The Wrong Side Of A Scottish Highway For Miles On End [nsfw]
After watching this video of a man in a Renault Clio driving for miles on end on the wrong way of a highway in Scotland, we can say that without any doubt, the person behind the steering wheel of the French supermini has some loose nuts in his head....
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