WENDOVER — A man was critically injured Sunday afternoon when he crashed during a race at the World of Speed event at the Bonneville Salt Flats, police said.

The man was traveling over 350 mph in an aeronautical, or low-friction vehicle, when he crashed on the Salt Flats Race Track, said Wendover police officer Nic Francis.

Francis believes the man was flown to the University Hospital in critical condition.

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Additional information, including the cause of the crash, was not immediately available.

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