VW test driver reportedly killed in on-track incident
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/volkswagen/" rel="tag">Volkswagen</a></p><a href="www.manufacturing.n et/News-Driver-Dies-At-Volkswagen-Test-Track-071409.aspx"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/vw-test-track-580op.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Tragedy struck Volkswagen when a 42-year-old Brazilian test driver was reportedly killed at the automaker's Ehra-Lessien test track near Wolfsburg, Germany. <em>Manufacturing</em> reports that the driver lost control of the vehicle after a sudden storm dumped rain on the track. The test car came to rest just shy of a crash barrier, but a second car, piloted by an unidentified 27-year-old driver, also spun out and rammed into the first car. The second driver reportedly sustained serious injuries.<br /><br />The fatal accident comes just five months after a Porsche test <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/13/porsche-test-engineer-killed-in-autobahn-crash/ ">driver was killed</a> on the Autobahn, further proof that the glorified job of test driver is a lot more dangerous than most of us think. <br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.manufacturing.net/News-Driver-Dies-At-Volkswagen-Test-Track-071409.aspx">Manufacturin g</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/vw-test-driver-reportedly-killed-in-on-track-incident/">VW test driver reportedly killed in on-track incident</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:59:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/vw-test-driver-reportedly-killed-in-on-track-incident/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19098725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/vw-test-driver-reportedly-killed-in-on-track-incident/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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