IdiotCow t1_ja390ax wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Reply to comment by dishonourableaccount in TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever. by triviafrenzy

It's the same reason why the NFL didn't cancel the Bills/Bengals game right away after Damar Hamlin almost died on the field this past year. It would have made it difficult for the ambulance to get in and get out, so they canceled it after he was taken out

Fit_Pineapple_7828 t1_ja5yhxw wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:12 AM

He was off the field 15-20 minutes after the incident. They didn’t even talk about cancelling the game until after he was gone. They canceled almost an hour and a half after he collapsed and the teams had gone back into the locker room to discuss it. Fans watched the ambulance come on the field in disbelief. Not really the same at all, the NFL hadn’t had anything like this happen and didn’t know what to do and frankly didn’t want to cancel such a highly touted prime time matchup.