GIRL, 8, KILLED AFTER CRASHING JUNIOR DRAGSTER

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 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 at Kwinana Motorplex, local media reported. She had just turned eight on Thursday, reaching the minimum age to get the license and race her 210cc dragster. Police said she was taken to hospital in critical condition and died on Sunday. Police said they were investigating the cause of the accident. Anita came from a drag-racing family and their Facebook page has several pictures of her in racing gear alongside different dragsters.