Race Crash Kills 16 in Argentina
LEAD: A race car plunged into a crowd of spectators after one of its tires exploded today, killing at least 16 persons and injuring more than a dozen others, the police said.
A race car plunged into a crowd of spectators after one of its tires exploded today, killing at least 16 persons and injuring more than a dozen others, the police said.
Authorities said the car, a Dodge driven by Edgardo Caparros of Argentina, was in a race for modified stock cars outside this city, 375 miles south of Buenos Aires.
Witnesses said Caparros, who was hospitalized, was going about 125 miles an hour when the tire blew and the vehicle overturned. It rolled into a crowd of onlookers, including families who had been picnicking beside the race course, a closed-off section of highway.
The race was suspended following the accident.
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