A 19-year-old spectator Benjamin Roques was killed and six people were seriously injured on Saturday, 12 October 2019, during the Rallye Terre des Cardabelles, held in Aveyron department, southern France, when a rally car spun out of control, ending into a group of spectators standing in an area forbidden to the public.<br /><br />During the opening stage of the rally, which was the fourth round of the 2019 Championnat de France de Rallye de Terre, the #6 Citroën DS3 WRC driven by Jean-Charles Beaubelique, 47, veered off the track after a jump in Camp Larzac, near the village of La Cavalerie, Aveyron. The car went airborne and rolled end-over-end towards spectators. Benjamin Roques, who came from nearby village of Firmi, died on the spot.<br /><br />Six others, including the driver, suffered injuries in the accident. Amongst them, another 17-year-old boy who had to be flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Toulouse, and was listed in a critical condition. Co-driver Julien Pesenti escaped serious injury.<br /><br />After the tragedy the special stage "Le Camp 1" was immediately stopped and the remainder of the rally was annulled.<br /><br />Mountain bike race held in Livinhac-le-Haut a few days later, was observed a minute of silence in memory of Benjamin Roques.<br /><br />R.I.P
