Fehr was killed in an Italian Formula Three race at Caserta, the XVIII Coppa d'Oro Pasquale Amato, the same race that claimed the lives of "Geki" Russo and Giuseppe[1] "Tiger" Perdomi.
The exact details are not clear, but Fehr was either struck by Russo, or by one of the next group of drivers to arrive at the scene.
Corrado Manfredini, "Tiger" Perdomi, Massimo Natili, Manfred Mohr and Jürg Dubler, among others, all crashed at the same point.
Perdomi was trapped in his car for some time before rescue teams arrived, and he was eventually extricated by his own pit crew.
[2] Fehr was posthumously awarded with a Letter of Congratulations from the International Fairplay Committee for his actions.