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and we will never see him race again because of that horrible crash back in october. you know, that krashl happened on the last lap of the race and his car went airborne and exploded into a million pieces where it ripped through that catch fence. 13 spectators were also injured. he suffered two spinal fractu s fractures&a concussion that turned out to be much worse than realized. really, if rigsing r risk of fu injuryings is want p what forced him to retire. he hobbled into the room on crutches. he said that he s accepted the fact that his racing career is now over. he knows it s goechk to be hard to deal with, especially in may when the iind .500 again. the lure of going for a
ankle and two fractured vertebrae. you see in the video, the car coming around the corner. he actually runs into the back of two different cars that already hit each other. so that catapults his car up into the air and into that catch fence. these indycars are designed on impact like that to basically break into a bunch of pieces. they absorb the shock so the shock doesn t hit the driver. that way the pieces come apart from the car and that helps let me ask you this. still the debris is flying every where and it hurt 13 people in the stands. i know that the race organizers try to protect the fans. but perhaps they should rethink having these races in the middle of cities. yeah. this is a traveling race. unlike the nascar where the track stayed all year round and they can continue to engineer and improve the track barriers, these are traveling shows, if you will. i don t want to look so much on the fact that people are in
the terrifying crash leaving 13 spectators injured. at the indycar race in houston. have you seen this? this is unbelievable. dario franchitti crashing into the wall. he goes airborne, slams into what is called the catch fence. dario franchitti fractured his spine. to spectators went to the hospital. there still hospitalized today. you have been looking at this. good morning to you. amazing thing when the spectators are holding their iphones and the car goes into their lap. what are we to understand about this catch fence? franchitti, irony of this if he has been outspoken the catch fence needs to be improved. he is sort of ambassador for the safety of the sport, interesting he is the one involved in the crash. two years ago famously in las vegas caused a sea change in
for the bombings in east africa, caught in a dramatic raid in libya this weekend. what we know about him and how his capture could save countless lives. and the crash at the grand prix of houston, three-time champion s car going airborne, crashing into a catch fence. showering debris into the grand stands. people getting hurt. we ll update fox top stories. [ male announcer ] marie callender s knows all white meat chicken was made to be blanketed in golden breadcrumbs. with whipped mashed potatoes, topped with a thick homemade gravy. so she makes her country fried chicken to be eaten together. so they savor every last bite. marie callender s.