Driver dies at the Scandicci Rally; race cancelled

Florence, 7 Nov. (LaPresse) – A Tuscan driver, Andrea Bartarelli, aged 50, has died in a racing accident during the second special stage of the Rally Città di Scandicci. The accident took place in Pulica, a village in Montespertoli (Florence), in the very municipality where the victim was from. The race was immediately halted and subsequently cancelled. According to initial reports, the Tuscan driver’s car, with co-driver Massimo Bazzani also on board, is believed to have crashed into a tree. The co-driver is reported to have suffered several fractures, though he remained conscious.