Twelve spectators injured when competition car at Red CentreNATS sent lit fuel flying into the crowdA man is in a critical condition and 11 others were also injured after a competition car did a burnout at a drag-racing event in Alice Springs, sending burning fuel spraying over crowds of onlookers. Twelve people were burned when the car at the Red CentreNATS event on Sunday sent the lit fuel flying during the burnout with vision showing flames being thrown out over fans. The Royal Flying Doctor Service airlifted a man, 48, and his 19-year-old son, both from New South Wales, to Adelaide, where one of the men is in a critical condition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the ABC reports. Both men have suffered burns to 20% of their bodies, including the face, the ABC reports. “This is a distressing situation, however all patients are receiving the care they need,” a spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday.

Source: The Guardian September 03, 2017 20:37 UTC