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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Team calls Chinese race organizers 'grossly negligent' in conduct around fiery crash

China GT Rescue - (Copyright 2004 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

A car racing team whose injured driver was rescued by another competitor after a horrific crash in Shanghai on Saturday has called the organizers “grossly negligent in the safety response” and said it is withdrawing from future events in China.

The car of British driver Ollie Millroy exploded into flames in a GT race at the Shanghai International Circuit. And it was another driver, Loek Hartog, who stopped his car and, armed with a fire extinguisher, pulled Millroy out of the burning wreckage.

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