Six people were killed in northwest Spain Saturday when a race car crashed into a crowd of people, including a young girl and two pregnant women.
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Sixteen others were injured in the crash, which occurred near the city of A Coruña, after the driver appeared to lose control of the car and tumble off the road where a group of spectators were standing, according to videos and images posted to social media.
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The dead spectators were identified as four females and two men, El Païs reported. Two of the women were pregnant.
The crash occurred in a stretch of the a race running through Carral during the Rally de La Coruña.
The car appeared to be going into a curve when it lost control, smashing into the crowd.
The race was cancelled shortly after the crash as authorities responded by tending to the victims, according to El Païs.