A young girl in our class had a pretty bad accident. The instructors said it was the worst they'd ever seen at Laguna, in Skip Barber cars. This was the first time they had to call a helicopter to take someone out.
Basically, we were doing downshifting drills. This was one the first day, after about an hour of autocross. The drill was pretty simple, just a little different. The cars would drive backwards out of pit lane, around that extremely tight entrance, then make a left at pit-in and go the regular direction through 11 and down the front stretch to turn 2, which had another braking zone for downshifts, then slowly through turn 2 and left into the pit exit, then backwards down the pit lane again into another braking zone (conservatively placed away from the tight pit entrance).
This 15 year old girl somehow missed the braking zone. Maybe she missed it, maybe she put the clutch in, maybe she had full throttle and brake at the same time, who knows.
She hit the wall, in a spot with no tire barriers, going at a decent clip. Her belts were also loose, so her helmet hit the steering wheel.
The poor kid broke her ankle, her jaw, and lost her front teeth (the helmet strap must have been loose too). I knew it was really bad when one of the crew made a radio call, and I heard her screaming through the radio.
Put a big damper on the rest of the day, and was in the back of everyone's mind for the rest of the school.
I'll put details up about the actual school and onboard videos tomorrow.