Horrendous Indy car crash in Vegas -- Update: RIP Dan Wheldon

[Clerk Typist]

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Already listed as dead on Wikipedia.

First good news in an hour.
Source posted as well?

No longer listed as dead.

 

[Dick Whitman]

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I'm sure most of you have stood down close to the action during a race. I'm shocked that wrecks like this don't happen more often. It's a tribute to the drivers. I've stood close at Indianapolis and to say that those cars are hauling ass doesn't even begin to describe it. It takes your breath away to see how fast they zip by, and television or a high vantage point doesn't do it justice.

 

[Bob Cook]

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Straight from the Twitter:

RT @AshleyJudd: Thanks everyone for prayers. No update on Dan yet except unconscious but vitals are good. Everyone here very scared. Pray for medical team.

 

[HanSenSE]

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ESPNNEWS also saying Hildebrand (sp?) taken to hospital.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

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Will Power also transported; complained of lower-back pain after his flight.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

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ABC just showed Danica crying.

 

[Steak Snabler]

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A nugget from the Review-Journal story:

There was one unofficial report that a car ran over the top of Wheldon's, shearing off the top of his car.

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/crash-at-las-vegas-indycar-race-involves-15-cars-driver-dan-weldon-airlifted-to-umc-131951048.html

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

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ABC is dispatching Jamie Little and her crew to the trauma center.

 

[MileHigh]

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Would never have heard about this on the Open Wheel thread, so thanks for starting it.

Unreal. Prayers to all involved.

 

[Haneluca]

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Terrible crash, and even worse just waiting to hear the news on Wheldon. Hoping all is well.

 

[Bubbler]

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Thirty-four open-wheel cars on a 1 1/2-mile oval is sheer madness. Blood is on the hands of the IndyCar brass.

 

[Dick Whitman]

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Someone changed him back to dead on Wikipedia. For whatever that's worth.