A British man dies after a crash during a vintage car rally in Italy’s Chianti area, near the province of Siena. Police and emergency services report that the vehicle leaves the road and crashes, with the man pronounced dead at the scene.
His wife, also British, is seriously injured. She is airlifted to hospital for treatment, according to reporting on the incident. The reports describe her as 73 years old.
At this stage, the available coverage focuses on the casualties and immediate response, rather than on the cause of the crash or details of the rally route and conditions. Authorities are associated with the incident response, but the specific investigative findings are not included in the supplied accounts.
