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Speedboat racer Fabio Buzzi, trying to break record, dies in crash, killing 2 others
Source: USA Today
Speedboat racer trying to break record dies in crash, killing 2 others
Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Published 11:07 a.m. ET Sept. 18, 2019 | Updated 12:38 p.m. ET Sept. 18, 2019
Three people are dead after a speedboat racer in Italy crashed Tuesday night while trying to break an offshore speed record, officials say.
Champion Italian racer Fabio Buzzi was killed when he hit an artificial reef near the finish line as he tried to set the record for traveling from Monte Carlo to Venice, the BBC and AFP reported.
Giampaolo Montavoci, president of the Italian Offshore and Endurance Committee, confirmed Buzzi's death and the two other fatalities to the BBC, though there were conflicting reports about the nationalities of the other two victims.
Montavoci said the only survivor, Mario Invernizzi, was being treated at a nearby hospital.
Local firefighters said three bodies were pulled from the submerged vessel, roughly 65 feet long and capable of hitting speeds of 80 mph or more, the AFP reported.
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Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Published 11:07 a.m. ET Sept. 18, 2019 | Updated 12:38 p.m. ET Sept. 18, 2019
Three people are dead after a speedboat racer in Italy crashed Tuesday night while trying to break an offshore speed record, officials say.
Champion Italian racer Fabio Buzzi was killed when he hit an artificial reef near the finish line as he tried to set the record for traveling from Monte Carlo to Venice, the BBC and AFP reported.
Giampaolo Montavoci, president of the Italian Offshore and Endurance Committee, confirmed Buzzi's death and the two other fatalities to the BBC, though there were conflicting reports about the nationalities of the other two victims.
Montavoci said the only survivor, Mario Invernizzi, was being treated at a nearby hospital.
Local firefighters said three bodies were pulled from the submerged vessel, roughly 65 feet long and capable of hitting speeds of 80 mph or more, the AFP reported.
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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/09/18/fabio-buzzi-dies-venice-speed-boat-crash-trying-break-record/2361817001/