Félix Duta's Fatal Crash @ Rally de Yantzaza 2011
- 8 months ago
The 2011 edition of the Rally de Yantzaza held in the town of Yantzaza, province of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador, was marred by an accident that claimed the life of a young spectator.
It happened at 18h10 on Sunday, 27 February 2011, shortly after the start of a special stage which course passed along the city limits of Yantzaza. On the approach to a sharp left bend between the Calles Armando Arias and Manchinatza, the red car #347 inexplicably failed to brake and went straight at full speed, ending into a crowd.
The name of the car's driver was not released, according to a source he was Boris Ullauri Arias of Ecuador, this has not yet been confirmed. It is believed that the driver was blinded by a large cloud of dust raised over the dirt road by other competitors. Seven spectators were seriously injured, being taken by ambulances to the Hospital Básico in Yantzaza. A few hours later one of them, Félix Duta, 13-year old, was transferred to the Centro Asistencial de Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja, province of Loja, Ecuador. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A native of Yantzaza, Félix Daniel Duta worked as a shoeshine in another area of the town since he was eight-year-old. The race day he moved to the Calle Armando Arias to watch the rally, with his mother María Duta and stepfather Eduardo Loja, who escaped injuries in the accident.
R.I.P
It happened at 18h10 on Sunday, 27 February 2011, shortly after the start of a special stage which course passed along the city limits of Yantzaza. On the approach to a sharp left bend between the Calles Armando Arias and Manchinatza, the red car #347 inexplicably failed to brake and went straight at full speed, ending into a crowd.
The name of the car's driver was not released, according to a source he was Boris Ullauri Arias of Ecuador, this has not yet been confirmed. It is believed that the driver was blinded by a large cloud of dust raised over the dirt road by other competitors. Seven spectators were seriously injured, being taken by ambulances to the Hospital Básico in Yantzaza. A few hours later one of them, Félix Duta, 13-year old, was transferred to the Centro Asistencial de Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja, province of Loja, Ecuador. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A native of Yantzaza, Félix Daniel Duta worked as a shoeshine in another area of the town since he was eight-year-old. The race day he moved to the Calle Armando Arias to watch the rally, with his mother María Duta and stepfather Eduardo Loja, who escaped injuries in the accident.
R.I.P