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28/07/2014
Race Driver Dies At Silverstone Classic Event
A driver has died following an accident at the Silverstone Classic event in Northamptonshire on Sunday.
Denis Welch was racing in the HGPCA pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars category when the incident happened.
A statement on Silverstone Classic's website said: "It is with great regret that the organisers of the Silverstone Classic have to report that, following an accident in a race for HGPCA pre-66 Grand Prix Cars today, Sunday 27th July, the driver of car number 19, Denis Welch, succumbed to his injuries later in the circuit's Medical Centre.
"The event organisers, the race organisation, and the circuit's medical and emergency services, will all now be co-operating with the Police and the MSA, the UK official motor sport governing body, to conduct a full investigation.
"All those involved in the event offer sincere condolences to family and the friends of Denis Welch at this very sad time."
(CD/JP)
Denis Welch was racing in the HGPCA pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars category when the incident happened.
A statement on Silverstone Classic's website said: "It is with great regret that the organisers of the Silverstone Classic have to report that, following an accident in a race for HGPCA pre-66 Grand Prix Cars today, Sunday 27th July, the driver of car number 19, Denis Welch, succumbed to his injuries later in the circuit's Medical Centre.
"The event organisers, the race organisation, and the circuit's medical and emergency services, will all now be co-operating with the Police and the MSA, the UK official motor sport governing body, to conduct a full investigation.
"All those involved in the event offer sincere condolences to family and the friends of Denis Welch at this very sad time."
(CD/JP)
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