Denyer in lucky escape from rally crash
GOLD Logie nominee Grant Denyer has suffered a broken tailbone and finger but was lucky to walk away from a serious rally car crash in his silver Lotus yesterday.
The Family Feud presenter and motorsport enthusiast was airlifted to hospital, along with his co-driver Dale Moscatt, who had to be cut out of the wreckage, after their car “left the road at speed” near Maryville, Victoria. The crash happened during the Lake Mountain sprint stage of the Australian Tarmac Rally Championships.
Denyer, who was driving at the time of the accident, was stabilised by medical and race safety officials before being airlifted to The Alfred hospital in Melbourne where he was recovering.
Moscatt, acting as Denyer’s navigator, was taken to the Royal Melbourne hospital where he was expected to be operated on for a suspected broken leg.
Witnesses claim 39-yearold Denyer and his racing partner’s car “left the road at speed”, with reports the highperformance vehicle hit a tree and “crumpled around them”.
Organisers suspended that stage of the event to allow for medical and safety teams to attend to the injured drivers.
Denyer’s wife Chezzi was at home in Bathurst with the couple’s two young daughters when the crash occurred but made arrangements for his father, Craig to fly to Denyer’s bedside.
A shocked Chezzi told News Corp the “freak accident” would not prompt her to talk her husband out of his dangerous past time.
She said her husband was “so cautious” as a driver.
“He doesn’t really have accidents and I don’t really worry. He’s told he’s fine, it was just a freak accident.”