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6 Oct 2013, 19:44 (Ref:3313742) | #51 | |
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Another champion involved. Good god, sounds awful.
"Both Dixon and Castroneves are reporting that they saw the Scot moving in the cockpit as they passed on their slowing down laps." Hoping everything is okay... |
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Is the crowd ok? Looks like a piece of the fence flew into the stands.
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There has to be serious injuries in that stand. Tires, fencing, suspension. Hope everyone is okay though, including Dario.
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Yea from the tv shots his hands were moving but looked like he was leaning and keeping his head back.
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Hate the helicopter shots, too familiar.
Crew took forever to get there, nobody stopped to help even though the track was nearly blocked. No word on the crowd, looked like a lot of schizz flying their way. Prayers for DF |
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Hoping nobody is hurt badly...
...I still have no real idea what is going on... |
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6 Oct 2013, 19:49 (Ref:3313748) | #57 | ||
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Dario talking and alert.
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Chip ganassi said he's talking and says is sore but is ok.
Great news. Hope the same for the fans |
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Now attention moves to the fans in the Grandstands.
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That is all that matters, as long as everyone in the stands is also fine then we can be relieved.
Good news about Dario. |
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6 Oct 2013, 19:52 (Ref:3313754) | #61 | ||
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Yeah that was a huge crash, hope the drivers are okay. I saw people in the strands waving their arms and telling safety people to come. Hopefully no/minor injuries to the fans.
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6 Oct 2013, 19:53 (Ref:3313756) | #62 | ||
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Also, that white shirt marshall is officially the luckiest person in the world right now.
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At least DF's on board the ambulance, just hope the spectators are ok. Just looking at that accident again some of the fencing went into that stand.
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6 Oct 2013, 19:57 (Ref:3313760) | #64 | ||
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And once again, the rear wheel protection proves to be dangerously useless.
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Unconfirmed reports of 15 spectators receiving attention.
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But none seriously injured. All looking good so far...
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That's great news, what a relief.
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Quote:
Dario is headed to Memorial Hermann Medical Center. Some of the finest care in the country, if anyone was concerned about that. TV replays showed a tire bouncing into an area where there wasn't a crowd of spectators. Someone tweeted that the chunk of fencing on TV landed in front of the grandstands. I hope that's true, because it means that only smaller bits of debris would be in the stands. Less kinetic energy = less chance of fatal injury. As a general rule. |
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I've only got radio. That wreck sounded very nasty. Praying for everyone to be okay.
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It was evident as soon as they started running this chassis that the "nerfbars" were only good for ugly. The problem was acknowledged, insufficiently addressed, and the resumption of ignorance got the green.
Just hope the fans are OK. |
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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=9276983
Local ABC affiliate reporting 13 injured. As of roughly 30 minutes after the race, they are the only local station that appears to have any story on the fan injury. One station did run Jenna Fryer's AP article about the finish. |
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6 Oct 2013, 20:32 (Ref:3313784) | #73 | ||
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Twittier feed 4:30 PM est
NewsBreaker @NewsBreaker 13 injured by debris from @dariofranchitti's crash at Houston #IndyCar race /@cohoustonfire -2 hospitalized /@RyanSloaneCNN |
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6 Oct 2013, 20:41 (Ref:3313788) | #74 | |
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Looked very much like Jeff Krosnoffs crash in 96.
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Marcus, hope you're happy in Hades.
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