Rally car kills three in Scotland

Two incidents involving cars in a rally in Scotland leave three people dead and six injured.

Police at the scene at the Jim Clark Rally in Scotland

Two incidents involving cars in a rally in Scotland leave three people dead and six injured. (AAP)

A rally car ploughed into a group of spectators in Scotland on Saturday, killing three people and critically injuring another, police said.

The accident happened at the Jim Clark Rally near Kelso, close to the English border.

Five people suffered minor injuries when a car collided with spectators in an earlier accident during the same rally, police said.

"Investigations into both incidents are ongoing," Police Scotland said in a statement.

The rally is named after Scottish Formula One driver Jim Clark, a former rally driver who was killed in a Formula Two crash in Germany in 1968.

It takes place over three days on closed roads.


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