Kai Tarkiainen, Director of Competition, says that Tukes report was completed. It was an accident with incredible bad luck.
Last year, the Finnish World Rally saw a nasty accident when one viewer was seriously injured Sebastien Ogier a stone flying from the car.
The injured viewer followed the rally from the official viewing area during the special stage of Laajavuori. The Safety and Chemicals Agency Tukes took the accident to more accurate causes.
Racing director I guess Tarkiainen says the incident is treated from Tukes to the end. According to the report, there is no need for measures.
– I want to emphasize that it was an extremely bad luck. Based on the re -analyzing of the accident, Kivi, who hit the viewer, was thrown into the public area at a special angle, Tarkiainen says.
In the Finnish World Rally Rally, viewer safety has always been well taken into account. The organizers of the competition will ensure that the public will not stand in a dangerous place.
Laajavuori EK accident will not be repeated this year.
“That special test is not even in the program this year, so we didn’t have to think about anything new for that viewing place,” Tarkiainen says.
According to Tarkiainen, there would have been no need for re -placement as to the fact that the report had not been set dangerously in relation to the route.
Serious injuries
This stone made a bad impression for Miika Lehtonen. Album of Miika Lehtonen
Miika Lehtonen Seriously injured when a stone that left Ogier’s car hit him.
The stone that weighed more than a kilo hit the grove on the head.
– The hospital wondered how this guy was alive. It was a cent. A few cents aside, so it would have been really bad places, Lehtonen told Iltalehti in the fall.
– A little closer to the replacement or a little higher, it would have already had the brain.
Lehtonen’s cheekbone crushed. He had to be performed by a demanding surgery operation.
– During surgery, surgeons are wondering where they dare to cut. It is in that area that there are nerve endings that are life -threatening, Lehtonen told Iltalehti.
Lehtonen says he could, in the worst case, have had a brain injury or lose his sight or hearing.
Iltalehti has seen Lehtonen’s patient report, which confirms the estimate. According to the neurologist, the attack could have caused severe injury or life in the rest of the head.