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A race car went out of control at the state fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill., killing a spectator and injuring five others, one critically, authorities said.

Police said the car, equipped with large tires, hit spectators who were watching the “mud bog” event of the Spring National Four-Wheel and Off-Road Jamboree.

“The vehicle going through the mud bog lost control and went through a fence that was 350 feet from the end of the bog, and hit spectators who were 95 feet back of the fence,” Trooper Nelson Capitano said.

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The driver, Michael Keeney, 31, reportedly walked away with tears in his eyes. The spectactor who was killed was identified as Kevin Huntley, 23, of Moline, Ill.

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