KdyHby
31-05-2014, 06:46 PM
Having been to watch it in the past, sad news: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-27651504
It is believed two people have been killed in an incident at a motor racing event in the Scottish Borders.
Unconfirmed reports have said a vehicle taking part in the Jim Clark Rally struck spectators, causing casualties.
Police Scotland said the event had been cancelled with immediate effect.
The emergency services are at the scene at Little Swinton near Coldstream. It is believed an air ambulance has been sent to the incident.
One eyewitness, Tony Cowan, said: "It was just one car which lost control. It went sideways one way and then to the other side of the road and ploughed into four people.
"It was terrible, absolutely terrible. I ran to help but there was little I could do. The air ambulance arrived after about three quarters of an hour. There were police cars and ambulances. It was chaos, just chaos."
'Too upset'
Another eyewitness wrote on Facebook: "Huge accident at rally. Not far from us. About 15 emergency vehicles here now and about 40 people stood working on the injured. Not good."
BBC Scotland correspondent Andrew Kerr said organisers of the Jim Clark Rally were "too upset to speak".
The annual rally takes place over three days on closed roads in the Duns and Kelso areas of the Borders.
It is held in honour of the late Formula 1 champion Jim Clark, who died while motor racing in Hockenheim, Germany, in 1968.
It is believed two people have been killed in an incident at a motor racing event in the Scottish Borders.
Unconfirmed reports have said a vehicle taking part in the Jim Clark Rally struck spectators, causing casualties.
Police Scotland said the event had been cancelled with immediate effect.
The emergency services are at the scene at Little Swinton near Coldstream. It is believed an air ambulance has been sent to the incident.
One eyewitness, Tony Cowan, said: "It was just one car which lost control. It went sideways one way and then to the other side of the road and ploughed into four people.
"It was terrible, absolutely terrible. I ran to help but there was little I could do. The air ambulance arrived after about three quarters of an hour. There were police cars and ambulances. It was chaos, just chaos."
'Too upset'
Another eyewitness wrote on Facebook: "Huge accident at rally. Not far from us. About 15 emergency vehicles here now and about 40 people stood working on the injured. Not good."
BBC Scotland correspondent Andrew Kerr said organisers of the Jim Clark Rally were "too upset to speak".
The annual rally takes place over three days on closed roads in the Duns and Kelso areas of the Borders.
It is held in honour of the late Formula 1 champion Jim Clark, who died while motor racing in Hockenheim, Germany, in 1968.