The 2022 Isle of Man TT races claimed a new victim on Monday: Irishman Davy Morgan was killed in a crash in the event’s first Supersport race.
Organizers said the 52-year-old veteran, who has been engaged in his 80th TT start since his 2002 debut, he suffered a fatal accident on the third and final lap on the mountain side of the course.
So he was joined by British Supersport driver Mark Purslow, 29, who died on Wednesday, and the French sidecar passenger. Olivier Lavorel, 35, who was mistakenly declared dead by the organization.
Also on Wednesday the misidentification was revealed, since the latter died was the pilot of the sidecar Cesar Chanal, while Lavorel remained hospitalized. with critical prognosis at a Liverpool hospital.
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The round-the-island races on the northwest coast of England They have been held since 1907 and are among the most dangerous in motorsports.
There have been 263 casualties so far in the TT, Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT races held on public roads on the island.
TT’s races resume after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemicthe longest stop of the event since World War II.
Source: La Verdad
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