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IndyCar driver: Wilson dead post head injury

Wilson, 37, had been in a coma since Sunday, when a piece of debris from another racer’s car struck his helmet

Afp August 26, 2015 1 min read

English driver Justin Wilson (pictured in 2013) was declared dead on August 24, 2015, after suffering a severe head injury during an IndyCar race in Pennsylvania, plunging the sport into mourning. PHOTO: AFP

LOS ANGELES:

British driver Justin Wilson, who raced in Formula One for Minardi and Jaguar in 2003, was declared dead after suffering a severe head injury during an IndyCar race in Pennsylvania, plunging the sport into mourning and triggering calls for a review of safety measures.

Wilson, 37, had been in a coma since Sunday, when a piece of debris from another racer’s car struck his helmet on the final laps of the “Tricky Triangle” at Pocono Raceway in the penultimate IndyCar Series race of the season.

Loved ones of the Sheffield-born Andretti Autosport racer had flown to be at his bedside at Lehigh Valley Health Network Cedar Crest Hospital in Allentown earlier Monday before his death was announced.“This is a monumentally sad day for IndyCar and the motorsports community as a whole,” said Mark Miles, chief executive of the parent company which runs IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“Justin’s elite ability to drive a race car was matched by his unwavering kindness, character and humility — which is what made him one of the most respected members of the paddock.”

Published in The Express Tribune, August 26^th, 2015.

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