From: chuckcar on
john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1884b71c-5875-4a8e-a7e4-5d99916614ff(a)e12g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

> Toyota's chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, died in a head-on collision
> on Wednesday in Germany, the newspaper Rhein-Zeitung reports.
>
> The story was picked up by Autoblog. A Toyota spokesman, Wade Hoyt,
> confirmed that Mr. Naruse, 67, had been killed in the crash.
>
> According to Rhein-Zeitung, the accident happened close to Toyota's
> workshop near the N�rburgring, an undulating racetrack that automakers
> use to test their vehicles.
>
> Photographs and German video of the scene show a yellow Lexus LFA
> supercar and a BMW, both heavily damaged and nose-to-nose, along a
> slender two-lane road. The LFA that was involved in the crash appeared
> to be a prototype.
>
> http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/toyota-chief-test-driver-die
> s-in-crash-in-germany/
>
On the 'ring I would expect - it's a two lane road. And the only one
that would make any sense in this context.

Yup, sure looks like it I do have doubts however as there are no kerbs
visible.

http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/regionales_artikel,-BoosNuerburgring-Chef-Testingenieur-stirbt-bei-Unfall-mit-Super-Lexus-_arid,102517.html


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