Italian powerboat racing legend Fabio Buzzi and two crew members have been tragically killed in Venice whereas trying to interrupt an offshore velocity report.
The horrific incident befell on Tuesday evening when a ship piloted by Buzzi, 76, crashed into a synthetic reef that protects the town from flooding.
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The famend racer and designer was trying to set a brand new Monte Carlo to Venice report when his 20-meter boat was despatched flying after putting the dam at a velocity of 70 knots (130kph).
RIP Fabio Buzzi
“Schianto: within the incident, that took the lifetime of Fabio Buzzi "miraculously" Mario Invernizzi, thrown from the boat” https://t.co/Gy3hr8D2cq pic.twitter.com/cQa1wFgp12— HydroRacer Reside (@HydroRacerTV) September 18, 2019
“The boat took off and flew 30 meters by way of the air, touchdown on its stern on the opposite facet of the causeway the place the victims died on affect,” an official at Venice’s port authority stated.
The tragedy claimed lives of three individuals and occurred close to the end line of the race in Lido di Venezia.
Offshore crashes whereas attempting a report: three killed together with Fabio Buzzi https://t.co/pgL8VnkhQp pic.twitter.com/GhD169CUff
— BM Mediterranean Boat (@Barcheamotore) September 18, 2019
A fourth racer, Mario Invernizzi, has been taken to an area hospital after being thrown from the boat.
