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<p>Debris from the scene of an accident litters the ground Sunday where an off-road race truck, background, went out of control and plowed into a crowd of spectators during a race in Lucerne Valley, Calif., on Saturday. At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded during the incident about 100 miles east of Los Angeles.</p>

<p>Debris from the scene of an accident litters the ground Sunday where an off-road race truck, background, went out of control and plowed into a crowd of spectators during a race in Lucerne Valley, Calif., on Saturday. At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded during the incident about 100 miles east of Los Angeles.</p>

August 16, 2010

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Off-road racer rolls truck into crowd, killing 8
August 16, 2010 9 p.m.

Off-road racer rolls truck into crowd, killing 8

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - The crowd at the off-road race could almost touch the trucks as they hurtled and bounced over the desert sand. They were close enough for one mistake to end eight lives.