Hiromu Naruse died while testing the LFA Nurburgring Package outskirts of Nurburgring, Germany.
Hiromu Naruse, an engineer responsible for the testing division of Toyota and Lexus, died on Wednesday while testing a special edition of the super-sporty Lexus – LFA Nurburgring Package – on the outskirts of Nurburgring, Germany.
Naruse, 67 years old, collided head on with a BMW test car down a side road near the German Nurburgring circuit.
The two test pilots occupants of the BMW suffered serious injuries, and one of them life-threatening, according to initial information put forward by the German press. The two occupants of the car had German helmet.According to German police, the accident happened in a long curve, blind, moving forward as hypothesis for the accident a distraction of the Japanese engineer.
Naruse worked at Toyota since 1963 as director of brand tests, and participated in the development of dozens of models throughout his career.
Currently, he was responsible for the Lexus competition team that, last month, participated in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
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