Eight Fans Injured After Crash Coming To The Finish
Why
The unofficial count of eight fans were injured when Carl Edwards spun into the safety fence past the tri-oval during Sunday's Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. At this time, none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening. Two women was transferred to a local hospital via airlift due to the intense traffic after the race. She is believed to have sustained facial injuries and a broken jaw, according to Dr. Bobby Lewis, the medical director at Talladega Superspeedway. "After the incident that occurred on the last lap, we are treating approximately eight patients from injuries received from flying debris," said Lewis. " The injuries appear to minor and non life-threatening. One female patient is being transported by air, because of traffic, for further evaluation and treatment. "None of the injuries are dangerous or life-threatening. It's mostly bumps and bruises with possible minor fractures." Injuries to the other seven are believed to be cuts and scrapes, as well as some bone fractures from debris that flew into the stands from Edwards's car. In Edwards's TV interview, he was thankful the damage was not more severe then it was: "We'll race like this until we kill somebody and then they'll change it, but I'm just glad nobody got hurt today. I'm glad the car didn't go up in the grandstands and hurt somebody. We were just racing hard and we're lucky nobody got hurt. "I saw some fencing at one point and that made me a little bit nervous. I don't know if I could live with myself if I ended up in the grandstands." "Six of the eight people seen for injuries following the incident on the final lap have been treated and released, said Kristi King, Senior Director of Communications and Consumer Marketing at Talladega Superspeedway. "Two of the six chose to follow up with their own local physicians. The other two have been transported and were reported on in our earlier statement. Further updates will be made as information becomes available." No comment is available from NASCAR at this time. More information will be passed along as it is received.
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