Follow Up, 8 Killed in Off Road Truck Race Crash, Additional Footage, NOT SPAM
follow up to yesterday's devastating crash in the Inland Empire of Southern California with reaction from families of victims, witnesses, and officials involved in the sport
Closed Caption:
on a devilish desert track fans drawn to
the excitement of off-road racing found
themselves shrouded in death is on his
lips this truck went airborne and plowed
into the crowd 12 people injured these
eight killed girls are screaming
everyone screaming knows total chaos on
the hill
Brandon Alva's duct is the truck flew
inches over again when i got up off the
ground
I ran over to that the guy was standing
next three he was already dead
authorities say the driver
twenty-eight-year-old Brett sloppy had
no trace of alcohol and is not facing
charges on facebook he wrote he is
devastated
this was part of a circuit of races the
draws tens of thousands of enthusiasts
in the West Saturday's race promoted by
mojave desert racing was on federal land
the Bureau of Land Management permit was
for three hundred spectators standing
back 50 feet at least a thousand were in
attendance
Todd Francis lost his daughter danica in
the accident
there's no block is no no one to stop
people from home back he said that some
kids are even reaching the handout
trying to test that back into the truck
they went by
it's kinda like the Bulls in Spain they
want to get closer to the Bulls it's
dangerous
now this is prompting calls for crowd
control and barriers to make the sport
safer bill Whitaker CBS News Los Angeles
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