Drama at Rally Team 971 which took place yesterday between Asti and Turin .
The pilot Renato Paganini died at the Molinette hospital in Turin after being taken ill while he was behind the wheel.
The man had a sudden cardiac arrest during the first special stage of Albugnano. And to avoid the tragedy within the tragedy was his co-driver , Elena Bertolli, who managed to lift his foot off the accelerator and take control of the car, preventing the car from colliding with the spectators.
Immediate help from the doctors , who intervened by helicopter.
Transported to the hospital, Paganini died.
(Unioneonline/vl)
