Did anyone actually die? I’m pretty sure the guy is flying through the air because he was either sitting on or standing next to the thing that the car crashed into, and the shock wave launched him. The landing must’ve sucked, though.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A 19-year-old photographer died after he was struck by a stock car in a race on Sunday at the International Autodrome in Campo Grande, 1,200 kilometres west of Rio de Janeiro.
Raphael Lima Pereira, a journalism student, was photographing the Brazilian Stock Cars V8 race when a car careened out of control and he was thrown from a bank of tires, where he was taking pictures, police said Monday.
He was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, and died.
The car, driven by Gualter Salles, hit the track’s first curve following a crash involving several cars shortly after the race started. Salles was unhurt, and chose not to continue the race, which was restarted.
Race organizers said Pereira was in an area were photographers were not permitted.
Pereira was the third death in the 25-year history of Brazilian stock car racing, and the first victim who was not a driver, according to O Globo newspaper.
Raphael Lima Pereira, a journalism student, was photographing the Brazilian Stock Cars V8 race when a car careened out of control and he was thrown from a bank of tires, where he was taking pictures, police said Monday.
He was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, and died.
This pic really is in bad taste, note the lack of right hand…
Oh, and also, even if wayyy slow of a response, Shawn’s posting says “Race organizers said Pereira was in an area were photographers were not permitted.” Sorry, but when you go where you aren’t supposed to go, be wary of the consequences. Besides, this is more of a “holy sh*t” (yet still oddly amusing) picture than a lol picture…at least in my opinion.
The brain can only take so many blows to the head….I won’t get into all that. NOT funny…sigh…people joke, there are times we should not, but know this, we lose people we love so others can get amused by it????…my 22 yr old son died in a car accident, he was thrown from the vehicle, a long ways…regardless of the type of accident…the outcome is not good in a situation like this…it is real, I can tell….I do not condone this, its not right for people like me to have to see this, even if its NOT MY SON…it makes me … relive it…its not right, don’t make fun of things like this. This is a Mothers CHILD!
Then you might not want to be on a site like failblog, which posts pictures of accidents occasionally. I’m sorry, but if you’re where you are NOT permitted..FOR A REASON…with cars traveling at twice the highway speed…it’s your fault. Sure, I feel sorry for him and his family..but only to a point. Once you pass the line of where you shouldn’t be, your life is in your own hands.
NICE
this picture as campo grande-mato grosso do sul state -brazil stock car race 2005
the photographer is dead!! fail
thats not funny
he didnt die
yeh, but he sure got spit out!
@pakito: It’s 2003….you fail
It’s sad, knowing that this man is actually dead.
You fail sir.
That’s not funny, that’s f$%^d up . . .
Motorsport accidents aren’t funny, if someone was seriously injured or killed!
I race and I think crashes are funny as hell so shut up
I guess you don’t really race then, becasue you wouldn’t think that as a true racer. I figure you race RC cars, or maybe even snails. You=fail.
*because. I fail now.
I think the whole thing is funny. Sense of humor Fail.
ya. they took their lives into their own hands when they got behind the wheel. with that in mind, its pretty funny
Did anyone actually die? I’m pretty sure the guy is flying through the air because he was either sitting on or standing next to the thing that the car crashed into, and the shock wave launched him. The landing must’ve sucked, though.
Major physics fail! Cars crashing into things don’t produce a large enough “shock wave” to launch a grown man into the air.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A 19-year-old photographer died after he was struck by a stock car in a race on Sunday at the International Autodrome in Campo Grande, 1,200 kilometres west of Rio de Janeiro.
Raphael Lima Pereira, a journalism student, was photographing the Brazilian Stock Cars V8 race when a car careened out of control and he was thrown from a bank of tires, where he was taking pictures, police said Monday.
He was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, and died.
The car, driven by Gualter Salles, hit the track’s first curve following a crash involving several cars shortly after the race started. Salles was unhurt, and chose not to continue the race, which was restarted.
Race organizers said Pereira was in an area were photographers were not permitted.
Pereira was the third death in the 25-year history of Brazilian stock car racing, and the first victim who was not a driver, according to O Globo newspaper.
Yes, he’s dead…
Raphael Lima Pereira, a journalism student, was photographing the Brazilian Stock Cars V8 race when a car careened out of control and he was thrown from a bank of tires, where he was taking pictures, police said Monday.
He was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, and died.
This pic really is in bad taste, note the lack of right hand…
His hand isn’t missing idiot, it’s just a low quality photo. Or do you think he has a freakishly long forearm?
….Wouldn’t there be blood if his hand was missing? o.O
Oh, and also, even if wayyy slow of a response, Shawn’s posting says “Race organizers said Pereira was in an area were photographers were not permitted.” Sorry, but when you go where you aren’t supposed to go, be wary of the consequences. Besides, this is more of a “holy sh*t” (yet still oddly amusing) picture than a lol picture…at least in my opinion.
The person flying looks like some kind of dummy (not an idiot kind for the other idiots out there) but I could be wrong.
The guys is dead folks. It doesn’t matter if his hands were cut off or not (in fact they weren’t).
The person flying looks like some kind of dummy? Let a car going at 150miles/hour hit you. I bet you’re going to look awesome.
It’s fail to be able to fly!? I think that’s epic win for the dead guy!!
The brain can only take so many blows to the head….I won’t get into all that. NOT funny…sigh…people joke, there are times we should not, but know this, we lose people we love so others can get amused by it????…my 22 yr old son died in a car accident, he was thrown from the vehicle, a long ways…regardless of the type of accident…the outcome is not good in a situation like this…it is real, I can tell….I do not condone this, its not right for people like me to have to see this, even if its NOT MY SON…it makes me … relive it…its not right, don’t make fun of things like this. This is a Mothers CHILD!
Then you might not want to be on a site like failblog, which posts pictures of accidents occasionally. I’m sorry, but if you’re where you are NOT permitted..FOR A REASON…with cars traveling at twice the highway speed…it’s your fault. Sure, I feel sorry for him and his family..but only to a point. Once you pass the line of where you shouldn’t be, your life is in your own hands.
WE HAVE LIFTOFF
haha man the guy on the right is still posing for the photo
Driver- I believe i can fly!
typical black guy, he can jump higher than the car and do it in style. =D
explosive fail?
It made my day XD