Two teenagers have been killed in a tragic accident after a rally car came off the road and crashed into spectators during a competition in Belgium.
The annual Rallye Condroz-Huy race was abandoned in devastating circumstances after a 16-year-old girl and 18-year-old man died following a crash near the town of Wanze in Liege. Spectators were watching the Belgian Rally Series roadside, and the teenagers were killed after a car veered off the road and crashed in slippery conditions on Sunday.
A statement published on the rally competition's website has since confirmed the details of the tragic accident: "The car veered off the road and hit a small parapet before rolling onto its side, hitting a group of spectators who were in an area prohibited to the public."
Organisers said the two teenagers died despite 'very rapid intervention of the emergency services'.
A competitor and one other person was taken to hospital after the accident, but were not in a critical condition, the rally competition's statement confirmed.
A judicial inquiry is underway to determine the circumstances of the tragic accident that occurred at around 3:30pm on Sunday.
The last leg of the rally, which was at its penultimate stage, has since been cancelled and no trophy ceremony was held at the end of the race..
Organisers have offered their 'deepest condolences' to the families of the teenagers involved in the crash.
