A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka on Sunday and hit a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring 20 others, officials said.
Thousands of spectators looked on as the accident took place during a race in the town of Diyatalawa in the tea-growing central hills, about 180 km (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the tragedy.
Police spokesman…