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Post by Police Moderator on Jul 18, 2009 10:06:05 GMT -5
Spectator killed at Tour de France Jul 18 09:55 AM US/Eastern A spectator has been killed and two others injured on the Tour de France Saturday after being hit by a police motorbike on the 14th stage, French radio reported. Organisers confirmed earlier that three spectators were being treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hopsital in Mulhouse. According to France Info radio the woman was crossing the road after a breakaway group of riders had passed when she was hit by one of the several police motorbikes which accompany the race. After the collision the motorbike landed on its side, hitting two roadside spectators, a 37-year-old woman and a man in his 60s.
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