Which driver was killed in the 1955 Le Mans disaster?

Pierre Levegh was the driver killed in the 1955 Le Mans disaster.

Levegh was driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans when a chain-reaction collision sent his car into the spectator area. The car disintegrated, and Levegh was thrown onto the track, suffering fatal injuries.

The crash also killed more than 80 spectators and injured many others, making it the deadliest accident in motorsport history. The exact death toll is disputed, with published estimates ranging from 82 to 84 people including Levegh.

The other names are connected to the disaster but were not its driver fatality: Lance Macklin was driving the Austin-Healey involved in the collision, while Mike Hawthorn and Juan Manuel Fangio were competing for Jaguar and Mercedes respectively. An official inquiry did not assign individual blame.