Video Shows The Death of Pit Crew Worker Frederick Jansen van Vuuren

[XxMutilatedxX]

I still can't stop pausing the shit out of when he gets hit, it's so unreal looking almost on how he's being tossed like a ragdoll and only being held by his guts BLAH

[murofhsirgo]

Originally Posted by Manhunt

From Wikipedia:

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He struck the teenage marshal at approximately 270 km/h (170 mph). Van Vuuren was thrown into the air and landed in front of Zorzi and Bill. He died on impact, and his body was badly mutilated by Pryce's car. The fire extinguisher he had been carrying smashed into Pryce's head, before striking the Shadow's roll hoop. The force of the impact was such that the extinguisher was thrown up and over the adjacent grandstand. It came to ground in the car park to the rear of the stand, where it hit a parked car and jammed its door shut. The impact with the fire extinguisher wrenched Pryce's helmet upward sharply. Death was almost certainly instantaneous. Pryce's Shadow DN8, now with its driver dead at the wheel, continued at speed down the main straight towards the first corner, called Crowthorne.

Wow what a picture that painted better than the vid imho.. geez I need to get my library card renewed

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by chris

Pit crew worker Tom Pryce was killed when he attempted to cross the track during a Formula 1 race in 1977.

FWIW, the pedestrian victim wasn't a pit crew worker. As others have said, he was a race marshal.

Tom Pryce, on the other hand, had his head smashed by the fire extinguisher that the marshal was carrying. He was killed instantly, just like the other victim.

[LadyCPlum]

Dayum, that's a lot of somersaults...

[AlleyCat81]

The title above the video is wrong, no? Tom Pryce was driving, not attempting to cross the track.

[ocrage]

the other pit crew worker barely missed getting hit as well. what were they doing lightly jogging across when cars are headed their way? IF they were to cross, do it at a full sprint. sucks two people had to die because of stuff like that

[FunkPumpkin]

Great slow mo in the video. Thanks!

[mintycbo]

Excerpt from a fly hitting a windshield joke :

What was the last thing to go through that guy's mind?
His asshole.

[FilRude]

I've seen this countless times and it never fails to amaze me the speed and violence involved in these two deaths.

[Laniebell]

Originally Posted by chris

Pit crew worker Tom Pryce was killed when he attempted to cross the track during a Formula 1 race in 1977.

Jeeeezus... at that speed neither one of them had time to suffer. Fucking brutal. Last Formula 1 race I ever watched.