Race car in Sri Lanka veers off track, killing seven

People gather around a car that had crashed into the spectators during the Fox Hill Supercross, a motor racing event (AP Photo/STR)

A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka on Sunday and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring 20 others, officials said.

The crash took place during a race in the town of Diyatalawa in the tea-growing central hills, about 180km (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo.