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Thomas Heikkinen Crashes in RallyCross at the X Games in Los Angeles
- Published_at:2012-07-01
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:WorldViralNews
- tags: Thomas, Heikkinen, falling, short, of, ramp, at, the, Games, in, Los, Angeles
- description: This is the heart-stopping moment a race car flew through the air and smashed into a ramp before catching on fire in a stunt that went horribly wrong. Toomas Heikkinen was making a practice run for the RallyCross event at the X Games in Los Angeles when he fell short of the jump. The 21-year-old didn't make the 70-foot gap and smashed his Ford Fiesta rally car into the ramp. It flipped over, falling down the gap and landing on its roof. Bits of the car shot off in all directions and it caught on fire. As black smoke billowed from the Fiesta officials and spectators can be heard shouting 'fire, fire!' and people ran toward it. Others can be seen holding up camera phones and tablets as the person filming moves around trying to get a better view of the crash. Heikkinen was able to drag himself from his damaged vehicle and crawl to safety. He broke his left ankle and complained of abdominal pain, Jalopnik.com reported. And the crash means its game over for the injured driver -- he's out of the contest and will not compete in the X Games RallyCross finals on Sunday. For those remaining in the competition the jump has been converted into a table top in a bit to prevent further injury.
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