[mandretti39]

Originally Posted by Alwaysfirst

He was a F1 driver between 1974 & 1977, first for Token and then for Shadow. His great car control can be compared to Ronnie Peterson. In 1975 he managed a pole and a podium in the uncompetitive Shadow and was said to be a sure future champion. In the South African GP in 1977 a young marshal tried to run across the track to extinguish a fire on the crashed car of Renzo Zorzi. Pryce was racing with 3 other cars flat out along the straight. At this point they were hidden from the marshal by a dip in the track. The other 3 cars managed to swerve around him but Pryce hit him, instantly killing the marshal. The fire extinguisher that he had been carrying hit Tom on the head, killing him. His car carried on running along the straight with Tom slumped dead in it untill it hit the barriers at the first corner.
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There is a video of that incident floating around somewhere on the Internet. If I can find, I'll post it.