Combs was attempting to better her four-wheel land speed record. Combs's car crashed due to "a mechanical failure of the front wheel" which was "most likely caused from striking an object on the desert". (27 August 2019)
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Tuesday 3rd of May 1977 (x) — Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Verena Becker is arrested after a shootout with the police Becker and fellow terrorist Günter Sonnenberg were spotted by police and tried to flee. A gunfight ensued which left two police officers badly wounded. They attempted to drive off in a stolen vehicle only to drive into a dead-end street. They abandoned the vehicle and ran but were shot down and arrested. Sonnenberg was seriously injured by a gunshot wound to the head and Becker was shot in the leg. A submachine gun was found in their abandoned car. It turned out to be the gun used to assassinate Siegfried Buback.