Jörg Bastuck
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Jörg Bastuck was a German co-driver in the Junior World Rally Championship
Junior World Rally Championship
The FIA Junior World Rally Championship is a complementary series to the World Rally Championship as is the Production World Rally Championship , and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship . As JWRC was originally envisioned as a series for developing drivers, it is limited to drivers below the...

. When he got out of his Citroën C2 GT
Citroën C2
The Citroën C2 is a supermini-class car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën since autumn of 2003, replacing the Citroën Saxo, it was built at the Aulnay plant on the outskirts of Paris. A different model, based on the Peugeot 206, is sold in China as the C2...

, driven by compatriot Aaron Burkart
Aaron Burkart
Aaron Nikolai Burkart is a German rally driver. He is the 2010 Junior World Rally Champion.- Career :...

 to change a tire, he was hit by the Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

 of Barry Clark
Barry Clark (rally driver)
Barry Clark is a British rally driver born in Aberdeen in Scotland. After becoming the Fiesta Sporting Trophy International champion in 2007, Clark has been awarded a drive in the World Rally Championship for one event, and secured funding for two more events...

 (co-driven by Scott Martin), during the Rally of Catalunya in northeastern Spain.

Bastuck was flown by helicopter to the John XXIII Hospital in Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...

, where he died, event organizers said in a statement. No one else was injured. He was 36 years old.
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