{"id":5119,"date":"2024-07-16T16:33:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findnews5.com\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:33:15","slug":"huge-loss-a-widely-beloved-star-has-passed-away-today-in-horror-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findnews5.com\/?p=5119","title":{"rendered":"Huge loss. A widely beloved star has passed away today in horror car accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"8b6f096671da924326c04f02653a866c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M935653ScriptRootC1574480\"><\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/f\/i\/findnews5.com.1574480.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In New Zealand, a rally sprint crash killed a teen driver and his co-driver. Teenager Brooklyn Horan and 35-year-old Tyson Jemmett were the two people who tragically died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Horan and Jemmet\u2019s car crashed into a river at the Arcadia Road Rallysprint in Paparoa, they were racing. According to a police investigator, the car went off the gravel road and into a flooded river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First responders pronounced both of them dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MotorSport New Zealand made it official that Horan was behind the wheel of the car when it crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealanders can\u2019t get a driver\u2019s license until they are 16 years old, but younger drivers can compete in some situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MotorSport New Zealand\u2019s website says that the junior driver program \u201cmeans that people aged 12 to 16 can get a competition license.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MotorSport says that young drivers often take part in these kinds of competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization has said, though, that it will be doing a full investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe event took place on Arcadia Road in Paparoa which was closed to the public for the duration of the event under the authority of the local Road Controlling Authority,\u201d a statement from MotorSport said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is too early in the investigation to comment on what the main contributing factors to the crash were, however, it does not seem as though the road was in a detrimental or unsafe condition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with the families and friends of these two competitors and everyone involved with the Arcadia Road Rallysprint,\u201d said Wayne Christie, president of Motorsport New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis terrible tragedy will, without a doubt, shock and upset everyone in the motorsports world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will be offering support to all those involved in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddnews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/3-8.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7237\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people have been paying tribute to the two on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After hearing about the two-fatality crash, Hyden Paddon, winner of the World Rally Championship, went on X to say how sorry he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, \u201cWhat a sad event yesterday! Two great people were taken too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTyson was a huge rally fan and family man, and Brooklyn Horan was one of the most exciting young rally stars who was going to make it big.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour career may have only just been starting but you had already left your mark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winger Motorsport wrote: \u201cOn behalf of the team at Winger Motorsport, we send our condolences to the friends and family of Brooklyn Horan and his co-driver Tyson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1Eighty Racing) added, \u201cSuch a natural talent! Your family is in our thoughts and you will be missed on the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hodgson Motorsport wrote, \u201cIt was with a heavy heart that we heard the breaking news that Brooklyn died while doing the very thing our families loved together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s times like these that you remember that the sport we chose comes with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBrooklyn you were an amazing kind loving happy kid and that hadn\u2019t changed years later when we crossed paths again back at off-roading last year, the cheeky smile was still the same, you had just grown a weeee bit taller.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife, Lucy, is pregnant with their first child and will miss him very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of his old coworkers have started a fundraiser to help his wife and unborn child.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In New Zealand, a rally sprint crash killed a teen driver and his co-driver. 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