VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Three spectators were injured Sunday evening when a sprint car flipped off the dirt track and into the crowd at Volusia Speedway Park, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.
Footage showed race fans scattering as the car barreled through a fence shortly before 9:30 p.m. on turn two of a DIRTcar Nationals World of Outlaws event.
"(It) looked like they had one car bump into another car," a fan said. "One went up and over the fence, another went up onto the embankment and one went down the siderail."
Race car through fence tonight at Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville. 3 bystanders transported -- 2 as trauma alerts -- to Halifax Health
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) February 20, 2017
Gary Streek, of the United Kingdom, was released from the hospital but two others remain hospitalized, race officials said in a statement. The extent of their injuries weren’t released.
UPDATED Statement Regarding Incident at Volusia Speedway Park: https://t.co/2c6Gq7u2L5
— DIRTcar Nationals (@DIRTcarNats) February 20, 2017
A relative visiting one of the injured people was also hospitalized after experiencing “discomfort,” officials said.
No other details were given.
3 spectators injured when sprint #car flies into crowd at #Volusia Speedway https://t.co/Z3XByKQlja #wftv pic.twitter.com/BTZXOXAIlf
— WFTV Channel 9 (@WFTV) February 20, 2017
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