Dwysen Davies, 13, suffered leg injuries when she was among a group of spectators struck by a rally car driven by former world champion Carlos Sainz in the Brechfa Forest, near Carmarthen, on Saturday.

The south west Wales location of the rally crash

The teenager underwent surgery for a broken leg at West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen, and her condition is described as comfortable.

The girl's brother, who suffered back injuries, was discharged from hospital earlier this week.

Eleven other people were injured when the top Spanish driver ploughed into spectators on the 11th stage of the rally.

But rally organisers have defended the safety precautions taken at the event.

Both police and rally officials have launched an inquiry after Sainz's Ford Focus slid wide at a corner, eight miles into the muddy forest, after apparently striking a marshal's vehicle parked along the route.

Sainz, who was running in fourth place, was said to be distraught at the incident and Ford later withdrew its drivers.

Describing the scene, witnesses said the injured were watching from a dangerous vantage point.

Sainz was shaken by the incident, and withdrawn from racing

Rally organisers have made the event all-ticket in recent years to reduce numbers and increase safety, although the use of isolated areas makes it difficult to stop people turning up without tickets.

Spectators are supposed to stand in designated viewing areas as the cars race by at around 100mph.

The rally, being staged for the 57th time this year, regularly draws up to 200,000 fans during the four days.

After the drama, the UK's Richard Burns won the World Rally Championship title on Sunday, despite Finland's Marcus Gronholm - last year's champion - taking the Rally of Great Britain in his Peugeot 206.