Co-driver killed in crash at Jim Clark Rally
A co-driver in the Jim Clark Rally has been killed in a crash at the event in the Scottish Borders.
Emergency services were called to the incident near Duns at around 10:50.
The 39-year-old man died at the scene. The 27-year-old driver was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
Organisers, the Jim Clark Memorial Motor Club, said the remainder of the event and Sunday's Jim Clark Reivers Rally had been cancelled.
Police Scotland said that no one else was injured in the crash
Supt Vincent Fisher said: "Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has died and inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances."
In 2014, three spectators were killed at the rally when a car competing in the event veered into a viewing area.
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