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Tuesday 16 July 1996 00:02 BST
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The American rookie driver, Jeff Krosnoff, 31, was killed whe his car spun out of control and cartwheeled into a fence during the Toronto IndyCar Grand Prix on Sunday. A race marshall was also killed by debris from the accident. Krosnoff is the first IndyCar driver to die as a result of injuries sustained in a race since 1973.

A fifth person died yesterday from injuries suffered on Sunday in the Inter-Nations Cup rally-cross event, near Alencon, France, when a car went out of control and flew into a crowd of spectators.

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