Paper Planes 340 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 The Associated Press reports NASCAR driver Tony Stewart struck and killed a driver who was walking on a dirt track during a race in upstate New York, according to authorities. According to the AP report, the Ontario County Sheriff’s Department would not identify the driver but said he was pronounced dead on arrival Saturday night at a hospital in Canandaigua. Sheriff Philip Povero told the AP that the 42-year-old Stewart was “fully cooperative†as he was questioned and released. Povero said the investigation is not criminal. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/08/10/reports-police-investigating-incident-involving-nascar-driver-tony-stewart-at-upstate-new-york-dirt-track/ (Warning: GRAPHIC) Video of the accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja7TlxpPb_8&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJa7TlxpPb_8&has_verified=1 I don't watch NASCAR or car racing, but tragic either way. delete it fat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,851 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet. Awful accident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMaisonGaga 23,884 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 R.I.P Horrible lamaisongaga.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry 2,374 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 So sad....may he rest in piece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauser 1,262 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 This is horrible, and that man who killed him is such scum for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstereo 1,232 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 May he rest in peace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunofaphrodite 2 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 absolutely horrible. it looks like the guy purposely did it too. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adakam 2 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 This is horrible, and that man who killed him is such scum for it Did you even watch the video? the kid was in the middle of the road in a race, what did he expect? I feel worse for the driver than for the victim, as he is going to have to live with this now, it wasnt his fault Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJH219 4,448 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This is just a horrible accident for everyone involved. 'All our dreams can come true IF we have the courage to pursue them'-Walt Disney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauser 1,262 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Did you even watch the video? the kid was in the middle of the road in a race, what did he expect? I feel worse for the driver than for the victim, as he is going to have to live with this now, it wasnt his fault Please the driver could clearly see a person standing in the middle of the track, how is it that all the other drivers moved but this asshole with anger issues who was upset with the kid from the previous altercation didn't move over like the rest of the drivers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zilla 13,465 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Please the driver could clearly see a person standing in the middle of the track, how is it that all the other drivers moved but this asshole with anger issues who was upset with the kid from the previous altercation didn't move over like the rest of the drivers. That's the argument, the kid who was in the track was wearing black and it was night, but some people are saying it was possible for him to see the kid and some people were saying that he couldn't see. From what I remember in auto racing, if there's a caution out there's a reduced speed. In the video it looks like Tony is going way faster and slid into the kid BUT people who race those kind of cars said that if you accelerate, the car turns in so it could've been a last ditch effort to not hit him. It also doesn't help that Tony has a reputation of being a bit of a hot head and this kid was obviously heated too so it would turn to the first option more so. Who knows, I'm praying for him though. That's tragic, they took so many measures to make sure that the sport is safe but things like this really make people open their eyes. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga is Life 103 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 RIP Kevin Ward :( I'm pretty sure he didn't mean to hit him, Americans can get pretty crazy like this a lot in racing but you never know for this situation. It would be lovely to see some in car footage too. It was pretty daft walking so close to the cars like Kevin did. I'll leave my judgement for when/if I see some more footage/different angles but if you wanted to hit him why wouldn't you just drive into him instead of gas it up like that to move out of the way. Maybe he also wanted to scare him. Please the driver could clearly see a person standing in the middle of the track, how is it that all the other drivers moved but this asshole with anger issues who was upset with the kid from the previous altercation didn't move over like the rest of the drivers. Car #45 might've blocked his view too so he had less reaction time. Not trying to defend him, just saying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Brave 2,072 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I have followed NASCAR since before I was a teenager- I am 25 now. Tony Stewart has always been my favorite driver. It's a terrible tragedy and Tony has to live with this for the rest of his life. It's going to be hard for non-race fans to quite understand but Tony couldn't quite see him until it was too late.. the blue car #45 almost hit the guy and the guy got even closer to confront Tony for the incident on the previous lap which was merely a racing situation. Tempers can get heated when you're going that fast on a tight surface so Kevin probably just wanted to make sure Tony knew that he wasn't appreciative of the hard racing in Turn 1. The bad thing is that he immediately jumped from his car and the caution flag had literally just came out- Kevin was out of his car before the safety crews could even get over there- and then proceeded to approach the cars coming at him. The track is very dimly lit and the guy is wearing a black firesuit and a black helmet and is practically running... Keep in mind the cars that they are racing are very different from cars that race on your regular asphalt tracks- there is little to no traction and the cars are designed to be sideways in the corners at a high rate of speed so the cars have a lot of "stagger" built in to them. Tony had little to no time to react and to make matters worse these cars have a huge wing on top of them to promote downforce, otherwise the front wheels would lift off the ground. The wing extends down to the right side of the car blocking some vision and the guy that was hit was approaching from the right side.... it's just a terrible accident and I am absolutely sick at my stomach for Kevin Wards family but just as sick over the accusations that Tony would do this on purpose.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opulence 1,380 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This is horrible, and that man who killed him is such scum for it You really think he killed someone on purpose? So ****ing sick to pin such a harsh blame on someone, I feel for the driver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperIz 7,354 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This is terrible. Like I feel sick :( Human generated art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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