One of the worst things I have ever seen was a wreck at LeMans. It was a long time ago and the film was B&W. The car had a magnesium body for weight savings and the wreck was not that bad but it began to burn.
One of the French officials immediately jumped out of the woods with a fire extinguisher. At first he began trying to put out the fire but as soon as he moved the extinguisher the fire would jump back up. He then kept spraying the driver and another couple of people at first tried to pull him out but the fire was too hot.
Eventually several people arrived with extinguishers but it was hopeless the car just burned fiercely until it consumed everything.
“One of the worst”???
That’s completely horrible!
- Mercedes Benz SLR in the mid 50’s at LeMan?
My husband was at a wreck of two semis. One driver was trapped. They were working to get him out but when it became clear it wasn’t going to happen the driver started begging the police officer to shoot him and not let him burn. The police officer couldn’t do it. To this day my husband still wishes he had grabbed the gun and shot the trapped driver.