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Southern 100 marshal fundraising for medical privacy screens

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Friday, 21 July 2023 - 6 minutes

Efforts are underway to raise money to buy privacy screens that can be used at motorsport events to give people who crash more dignity.

A fundraising campaign has been started by a Southern 100 marshal who witnessed a fatal crash at the event last week.

Racer Alan Connor, from Ireland, and marshal Liam Clarke – who was from Wigan - were killed in the incident on the Castletown Bypass.

Another rider and spectator were also injured - they're said to be recovering well in UK hospitals. 

Debbie Harris told Manx Radio what happened, on 11 July, has affected a lot of people and she’s keen for things to change in the future:

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