VIDEO: Sprint Car Flies Into Crowd At Volusia Speedway, Injures Three Spectators
By WFTV // February 20, 2017
ABOVE VIDEO: Three spectators were injured Sunday evening when a sprint car flipped off the dirt track and into the crowd at Volusia Speedway Park, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA (WFTV) – Three spectators were injured Sunday evening when a sprint car flipped off the dirt track and into the crowd at Volusia Speedway Park, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.
The car, driven by Dale Blaney, hit a 6-foot high embankment shortly before 9:30 p.m. while approaching turn one during a DIRTcar Nationals World of Outlaws event, deputies said.
Race fans were seen scattering as the car barreled through a fence, hitting three people.
“When those (cars) get flipping and go over the fence, it’s to each your own, run,” said Bruce Weber.
“[It] looked like they had one car bump into another car,” a fan said. “One went up and over the fence, another went up onto the embankment and one went down the side rail.”
Michael Brooks, 68, was flown and Kelly Kovski, 35, and Gary Streek were taken by ambulance to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach for treatment.
Brooks was critically injured and Kovski is in stable condition, deputies said.
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