Two brothers and a third man killed as vehicle crashes during race that also left driver and co-driver hospitalised

Three spectators have died after a car driven by a 22-year-old racer veered off the road during an auto rally in France on Saturday, authorities said.

The driver of the modified Peugeot 208 and her 51-year-old female co-driver were taken to hospital but their lives were not in danger, prosecutors said.

The accident occurred near the town of Ambert in central France at about 11am on Saturday.

Two men died at the scene and prosecutors later announced that a third man had died after being airlifted to hospital.