Thread: RIP Dan Wheldon
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Old 10-18-2011, 01:02 PM
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Just a freakin' brutal wreck. Condolences to his wife and two young boys.

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Originally Posted by tjts1 View Post
Looks like somebody's fuel cell failed. I don't get why open wheel racers don't use a canopy.
Nor do I. The coroner said blunt force trauma to the head. Having hit the retaining fence, just about square-on, topside first and dragging along the fence for a bit, I can't help but put (my version of) 2+2 together...
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