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blacknight
13th February 2009, 20:33
A 51-year-old died in Germany this morning following an accident involving a Porsche 911 cabrio prototype. The victim, a Porsche engineer, was driving the car on the A5 Autobahn when he lost control and slammed into a guard rail.

http://img.worldcarfans.com/2009/2/medium/porsche-911-prototype-crash-with-fatality_2.jpg

The one-car accident happened at 2:45am just past the Weiterstadt exit on the motorway. Photos of the scene show the sports car wedged under the barrier, with the rail making contact near where the driver's head and torso would have been.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090213.013/porsche-test-driver-dies-testing-pre-production-911

BlueMaxMtl
14th February 2009, 00:33
Very sad news.

I hope my Autobahn drive this fall fairs better than this chap.:(

.Lefteris.
15th February 2009, 12:05
Sad news for the Porsche family (and not only)
Looks like the bars are set too high!
Am sure that Germans will fix this in no time!