Junior drag driver, 8, killed in crash

Sydney: An eight-year-old girl has died after crashing her junior dragster during her first official test run in the West Australia capital of Perth, police said on Monday. Anita Board was trying to qualify for a junior racing license in her purple dragster “Pony Power” on Saturday when she hit a cement barrier at the end of the run, local media reported. She had just turned eight on Thursday, reaching the minimum age to get the license and race her 210cc dragster. Mike Sprlyan of Junior Dragster Australia said that junior races involved children from age eight to 17.