PITTSBURGH (UPI) -- The tie rod on a classic car at the Pittsburgh
Vintage Grand Prix apparently snapped, causing the vehicle to go out of
control and killing the driver.
David Kuhn, 50, crashed his 1953 MG-TD Sunday after completing a 90-
degree left turn in Schenley Park on part of the race course where there
were no spectators.
The car went over a 2-foot stone retaining wall and traveled along it
for about 50 feet before falling over a 10-foot drop. Police say Kuhn's
neck was pinned between the car and a tree.
Kuhn was an amateur driver from Lexington, Mass. He died at
Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh about an hour after the 2
p.m. crash.
Kuhn's car was the only one involved in the wreck. It was the first
fatal accident in the 11-year history of the race.
An estimated 90,000 people attended the Grand Prix, which was
canceled after the accident.
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