Sidecar driver killed in crash at Isle of Man TT

27-year-old Australian sidecar driver Dwight Beare was killed in a crash during Saturday’s Sidecar Race 1 at the Isle of Man TT.

His passenger, Isle of Man native Ben Binns, was airlifted to Nobles Hospital where he was diagnosed with a fractured ankle.

The incident brought out a red flag. The race was restarted and won by John Holden and Andrew Winkle.

It is the third death due to an incident on the Isle of Man’s Billown Circuit or Snaefell Mountain Course over the past couple of weeks, but the first as a result of an incident during the TT.

58-year-old motorcycle racer Dean Martin had been killed in a crash at the Billown Circuit during the build-up to the event, while a 55-year-old visitor died in a collision with a car on the Snaefell Mountain Course during a time when the roads were open to the public.

The Isle of Man TT posted the following statement on its Facebook page: