SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.
SPANISH MOTORING - RACE. SPEEDING CAR COLLAPSES. DRIVER ESCAPES UNHURT. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. MADRID. July 26. A sensational accident occurred in the motoring race <or the Spanish Grand Prix at San Sebastian. Major Segrave, who was driving a "Hush-Hush" Sunbeam car, had a remarkable escape from death. He was travelling at a speed of 100 miles an hour when the front axle of his car snapped. The two wheels collapsed and the car skidded forward on the front section for a few moments and then -broke down. Major Segrave miraculously escaped without a scratch. He could give no explanation of the accident. His wife was a spectator. She saw the front axle "wobbling" and tried frantically trt- attract her husband's attention in order to warn him, but his speed was too great. A few minutes later the crash came. Constantine, driving a Bugatti, was the winner of the race. He covered 692 kilometres in 5 hours 35 minutes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19390, 27 July 1926, Page 9
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