Word: alvasio
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...Umberto, 23. In the first half of the race he skidded off the road, wrapped his car around a pole, got out only superficially hurt. Other drivers had worse in store. Peter Richard Monkhouse's British Healey somersaulted into a field and he died in the crash; Alvasio Bassi was crushed to death when his car turned turtle in a sweeping skid on the slippery asphalt. Fatalities did not compare with 1938, when 23 spectators were killed when one racer skidded into a crowd (Mussolini banned the race the next year), but it was bloody enough...
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