The suspension broke when he hit the wall but he would not have hit the wall unless his steeriing broke.

I was watching the race on TV (Live, I believe). The impact did not look that great, but unfortunately the suspension and wheel folded around and impacted him. I remember it well. The camera came in on him and he was simply sitting in the car and it appeared looking straight ahead. You could see him twitching just a bit, and one of the announcers said softly that we could be watching him dying.

Sometimes the talking heads get it right, unfortunately, in this case.

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