[KC]

A man died early this morning in Curitiba (Brazil). While testing the torque and RPM of a drag car, a part of the vehicle flew off striking him in the face.

Medical personal attempted to save him but he succumbed to his injuries while still in the shop.

[Omegas3]

Damn. Talk about wrong place, right timing.

[Pawloskit]

Wasn’t a brake caliper. That was the motor blowing. Probably a piece of engine block hit him. Seen it tons of times but never into someone’s dome.

[KC]

Originally Posted by Pawloskit ↗

Wasn’t a brake caliper. That was the motor blowing. Probably a piece of engine block hit him. Seen it tons of times but never into someone’s dome.

Here's the part that hit him. Looked like one to me but I'm far from car savvy.

[t18amgr]

I smell bullshit.

[t18amgr]

Thats part of the clutch.

[Caduceus]

That's some crappy cast iron flywheel that came apart and ricocheted into his face. Not uncommon.

[Pawloskit]

Originally Posted by KC ↗

Here's the part that hit him. Looked like one to me but I'm far from car savvy.

Looks like a piece of the flywheel. If you don’t know cars I can definitely see thinking it’s caliper. Good vid.

[Obdurus]

Damn, that's horrible.

[SolonJhee]

Cads right if we’re going by visual evidence.