Monaco of Trois-Rivières: the trial will begin, four years after the lawsuit was filed

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The trial in connection with Ayrton Climo’s karting accident in Monaco Trois-Rivières in 2014 finally began on Tuesday morning at the courthouse of Trois-Rivières, after being postponed twice due to the pandemic. .

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The young American racing driver and his family accused Monaco, the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, the Eastern Canadian Karting Championship and ASN Canada of neglecting the track layout and reaping $ 26.3 million from them in damages.

Ayrton Climo and his mother attended the trial via videoconference, which took place in English. The first witness, out of a dozen, called to the bar was the young man’s father, now 26 years old.

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On August 1, 2014, Ayrton Climo lost control of his vehicle and hit a straw before being ejected. He was hit by two karts.

American driver Ayrton Climo blames the Monaco de Trois-Rivières organization for his accident in 2014 during a training session.

He suffered severe head trauma and was unable to work due to the accident.

The young man had to be hospitalized for nearly 50 days in Trois-Rivières before being transferred to a hospital in Virginia, United States. He underwent three brain and skull surgeries while in Trois-Rivières.

His father Edward Thomas Climo said that at the time of the accident, his then 18-year-old son was about to start university studies in physics.

She said she checked into the race organization after seeing a video that showed the circuit before registering her son there. He was worried because the exposed concrete barriers were on the side of the route.

On July 31, 2014, while accompanying her son to Trois-Rivières for an exploratory lap, she said she was worried about the configuration of turn 5.

The curve involved in the accident of racing driver Ayrton Climo, according to the plaintiff.

The concrete barrier would have been pushed back to allow greater amplitude in the turn so that a concrete fixation to the passage would be exposed.

A test event

The racing driver’s father, still trembling, recounted how he experienced Ayrton Climo’s accident, which occurred in the 7th lap of the practice session in his category.

His son was leading when he ran over the concrete repair on turn 5 and his car bounced.

Edward Thomas Climo, his voice choked with emotion, said his son was no longer in his field of vision when the accident happened, just after this turn. The session stopped and she hurried to the track to find her son lying on the ground.

He was inert, his eyes wide and did not react when his father pronounced his name. He was taken to the hospital where he underwent brain surgery.

Her son has no memory of an accident or a career or even going to Canada.

I accept that motor racing is a dangerous sport, launched by Mr. Climo, but I do not accept that the track or the barrier is defective and does the opposite of what it should do.

More details to come

Source: Radio-Canada

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