SYDNEY (NSW)
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SYDNEY SPORTSGROUND SPEEDWAY 1951
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1951 - SYDNEY SPORTSGROUND SPEEDWAY 5th January 1951Friday the 5th of January at the Sydney Sportsground would go down in history as the dark time in Australian Speedway, This was the night that Ken Le Breton from Australia would suffer from massive head and internal injuries, after making contact with the rear of English rider Eddie Riggs bike, after contact Le Breton's machine carried on into the timber track fence.
Le Breton was taken to hospital but died of his injuries the following day, The sad part is that Australia had already wrapped up the International, The accident happened on the last lap of the last race while the two riders were dicing over third place.
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