The 5th edition of the Oldtimer-Classic of Speed, a vintage car and motorcycle exhibition run, held at Hittnau, Zürich, Switzerland on Sunday, 27 August 2006, was marred by the death of a track marshal who lost his life when he ran to the aid of a crashed vehicle and was struck by another car.<br /><br />It was teeming with rain during the event, when one of the competitors lost control of his Ford GT40 on the Tösstalstrasse, going towards Hittnau on the 1.6-kilometer temporary street circuit. The car struck a concrete New Jersey barrier and came to rest in the middle of the road. Marshals arrived to secure the scene, waving yellow flags.<br /><br />One of the oncoming drivers, a 63-year-old man whose name was not released, who arrived on scene seconds later at an estimate speed of about 100 km/h (62 mi/h) at the wheel of the Lamborghini Miura #48, could not avoid impact and hit one of the marshals. 57-year-old Ambros Herger-Koch was catapulted several meters, being killed on the spot.<br /><br />Immediately after the tragedy, the Hittnauer Motorsport Club that organized the event, cancelled the meeting in which participated more than 150 racers.<br /><br />This was reported to be the first fatal accident which occurred in the Hittnauer Oldtimer-Classic of Speed, since its first edition held in 1998. And the accident seems to be the first case ever of a motorsport fatality involving a Lamborghini.<br /><br />R.I.P
