In a modern racing car the driver is encased in a protective capsule designed to remain intact in a crash even though the rest of the car may disintegrate.
People were forced to leave their vehicles in the car parks for the rest of the day for security reasons as searches were carried out for explosive devices.
They found him in Elizabeth Street, dead behind the wheel of his Hertz car that came to rest in the interior of what had been, until his arrival, a fashionable boutique.