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A spectator has been killed at the Donegal International Rally. A teenage spectator has been killed at the Donegal International Rally.
It is understood the person was knocked down by a competing vehicle during the Carnhill stage of the event at about 1530 BST on Saturday. It is understood the 18-year-old boy was knocked down by a competing vehicle during the Carnhill stage of the event at about 1530 BST on Saturday.
The identity of the victim is not yet known, and there are no further details at this stage. It happened in the Ballyarr area of Ramelton, about four miles from Letterkenny. The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident happened on the second day of the three-day annual event, which attracts up to 50,000 spectators. The rest of the meeting has been cancelled. The accident happened on the second day of the three-day annual event, which attracts up to 50,000 spectators.
It was the fifth round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. It is not the first time that tragedy has struck at the rally, which is one of the biggest events in the county's sporting calendar.
In 2002, two race marshalls were killed when a rally car left the road and struck a crowd of spectators at Cloghan, six miles from Ballybofey.