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Author:  big_D [ Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:45 am ]
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The test driver for Marussia was found dead in her hotel room this morning, according to Spanish police.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ ... s-20539395
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Testdriver Maria Vilotta dead
Quote:
Former Formula One test driver Maria de Villota was found dead in a hotel room in Seville on Friday, and police said it appears she died of natural causes. She was 33.

Yikes that is young to die of natural causes.
Author:  steve74 [ Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Testdriver Maria Vilotta dead
Aw no, wasn't she the one that had an accident testing last year and lost an eye? Poor woman's been through so much.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Testdriver Maria Vilotta dead
steve74 wrote:
Aw no, wasn't she the one that had an accident testing last year and lost an eye? Poor woman's been through so much.

Yes she was, so I suspect that the death could be linked to that when the autopsy looks closer.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Testdriver Maria Vilotta dead
BBC's Andrew Benson just tweeted

Quote:
Maria De Villota's family say doctors have told them she died "as a consequence of the neurological injuries she suffered" in her test crash


An obvious guess is the injury she suffered that caused her to lose an eye may have weakened or damaged one of the blood vessels in her brain and as a result she (much later) had a ruptured brain aneurism that killed her.

Very sad.
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