Truck overturns in US race,8 killed,12 hurt

An off-road truck plowed into a crowd and scattered bodies everywhere moments after sailing off a jump at a California race,killing eight people and injuring 12 others,authorities and witnesses said.

The crash came shortly after the start of the California 200,a Saturday evening race in the Mojave Desert,said San Bernardino County sheriffs spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. Bachman said eight people died and 12 were injured,several of them seriously.

David Conklin,a photographer covering the event,said the Prerunner truck had just gone over a jump known as the rockpile about two miles into the race when it sailed through the air.