Porsche driver, 74, is killed 'after trying to swerve a pothole' as he clipped oncoming car, hit BMW...

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The 74-year-old man, from Surrey, was pronounced dead at the scene after his 911 997 GT2 - a stripped back version of the iconic sports car designed for performance driving - hit multiple cars and a home.

A man driving a high-performance Porsche sports car who died after clipping an oncoming vehicle and crashing into the side of a house may have been trying to dodge a pothole, police sources have suggested.

The crash, on the A272 Horsham Road near Petworth, was on the same day as a Porsche owners club track day at Goodwood racing circuit just a few miles away. The crash saw the Porsche clip an oncoming car, crash into a BMW and ram into a roadside house on the A272 close to Goodwood racing circuit The 65-year-old driver of the white BMW who was injured was taken to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester where he is now in stable. The drivers of the two other vehicles were not injured.

The Porsche 911 997 GT2 was, at the time it was released 17 years ago, the fastest road car that the German manufacturer made

 

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