High speed crash claims racer’s life (From Daily Echo)
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High speed crash claims racer’s life
6:00am Thursday 19th July 2012 in News
By Melanie Adams, Health Reporter
William Nocker
THE former navigator of a shamed powerboat racer from Hampshire has been killed in a high speed crash in West Africa.
William Nocker was travelling at speeds of 120mph when witnesses say his boat flipped and “barrel rolled” on the water during the Gabon Grand Prix.
The 47-year-old was returning to the sport following a five-year suspension after he was found guilty of tampering with a competitor’s fuel supply with fellow racer Rob Lister, from Keyhaven, near Lymington .
Mr Nocker, who lived in Cheltenham, was rushed to a military hospital in Gabon’s capital city Libreville but doctors were unable to resuscitate him.
His co-driver, Norwegian Kurt Olsen, was also badly hurt and remains in a critical condition in intensive care.
Paramjit Bahia says...
12:26pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Every loss of human life is sad news. And this one also loss to an exciting sport.
R.I.P