Rally fan tells death probe how he ran for his life

the bridge and I started to run. There was something in my mind that made me think ‘you need to run’.

“The next thing I could remember was that I was lying face down in the field.

“I smashed all my ribs. I could hear my son say‘stay with me.’

“I can remember hearing sounds. Somebody beside me was receiving CPR.”

Mr Martin, from Renfrew, suffered broken ribs and injuries to his pelvis.

He also told the inquiry that he had a ‘bleeding’lung and suffered cuts.

He said that his wife had to take three months off work to help his rehabilitation.

Despite the accident he still remained passionate about motorsport but no longer attends rallies.

He added:“I would love to go back but there’s no way my wife would allow me to go back to them.

“I’m still passionate about rallies about I would never put my wife through that again.”

His son Andrew, 27, told the inquiry that a that a safety car drove around the course before the competitors started to race.

The electrician said that the people in the safety car stopped to speak to their group.

He added:“He asked us to move back. He asked Iain to move back over to the other side of the safety tape.

“Once the car drove away, Iain stood back over the tape.”

When Mr Brown asked Andrew whether he felt annoyed by what Mr Provan had done, he replied:“Yes. I was slightly annoyed that he did it. We had a slight discussion and a slight joke about it.

“He said‘you won’t know until it hits you.’ That’s what sticks in my mind most about what happened.”

Andrew then said he ran when he saw the car coming towards him.

He added:“I just ran. I didn’t see the car connect with anybody.”

Andrew said the car came to a stop in a field 10 to 15 metres away from the road.

He added:“I turned around and I looked at my dad. He was standing but he was holding his side.”

The inquiry, which is being heard before Sheriff Kenneth Maciver QC, continues.