Lighting at Pocono 1 killed one nine injured.
08-06-2012, 05:49 AM
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Lighting at Pocono 1 killed one nine injured.
Lighting kills 1, injures 9 at NASCAR race
Lightning strikes fans at Pocono raceway NASCAR event
Kaitlin FunaroAugust 5, 2012 22:13
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LONG POND, PA - AUGUST 05: One fan was killed and 9 injured when lightning struck during heavy rain at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway on August 5, 2012 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Jared C. Tilton/AFP/Getty Images)
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One person was killed and nine others were injured after lightning struck during a NASCAR event at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA, reports ESPN.
Fans were gathered to watch Sunday's Sprint Cup race, which was called off because of the storms with 62 laps remaining.
Track spokesman Bob Pleban told ESPN that nine of the fans, including the fatality, were injured when lighting struck the parking lot behind the main grandstand. The other injury resulted from another strike near Gate 3 between Turns 1 and 2.
President Brandon Igdalsky told The Washington Post that two people were taken to local hospitals in critical condition. Igdalsky said one of the victims later died at Pocono Medical Center in Stroudsburg. The name and gender of the victim has not been released.
“Unfortunately, a member of our raceway family here, a fan, has passed away,” he told the paper.
ESPN is reporting that one other fan is in critical condition at Lehigh Hospital in Allentown while another eight are being treated for minor injuries at local hospitals.
NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon witnessed lighting strikes immediately after winning the race. "I'm pretty sure I know which one it was," he told Yahoo! Sports.
"We were walking down pit road, the umbrellas weren't doing any good, there was a huge, huge crack from lightning. You could tell it was very close. That's the thing that's going to take away from the victory, is the fact that somebody was affected by that."
This is not the first occasion where NASCAR fans have been injured by lightning. Eight people were injured by lightning in 2002 at a race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Three fans were again injured in Daytona in 2004, reports Yahoo!, and two people were killed and six injured during a storm at Dover in 1983.
Lightning strikes fans at Pocono raceway NASCAR event
Kaitlin FunaroAugust 5, 2012 22:13
Lightning strikes nascar race 2012 08 05
LONG POND, PA - AUGUST 05: One fan was killed and 9 injured when lightning struck during heavy rain at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway on August 5, 2012 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Jared C. Tilton/AFP/Getty Images)
What do you think?
One person was killed and nine others were injured after lightning struck during a NASCAR event at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA, reports ESPN.
Fans were gathered to watch Sunday's Sprint Cup race, which was called off because of the storms with 62 laps remaining.
Track spokesman Bob Pleban told ESPN that nine of the fans, including the fatality, were injured when lighting struck the parking lot behind the main grandstand. The other injury resulted from another strike near Gate 3 between Turns 1 and 2.
President Brandon Igdalsky told The Washington Post that two people were taken to local hospitals in critical condition. Igdalsky said one of the victims later died at Pocono Medical Center in Stroudsburg. The name and gender of the victim has not been released.
“Unfortunately, a member of our raceway family here, a fan, has passed away,” he told the paper.
ESPN is reporting that one other fan is in critical condition at Lehigh Hospital in Allentown while another eight are being treated for minor injuries at local hospitals.
NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon witnessed lighting strikes immediately after winning the race. "I'm pretty sure I know which one it was," he told Yahoo! Sports.
"We were walking down pit road, the umbrellas weren't doing any good, there was a huge, huge crack from lightning. You could tell it was very close. That's the thing that's going to take away from the victory, is the fact that somebody was affected by that."
This is not the first occasion where NASCAR fans have been injured by lightning. Eight people were injured by lightning in 2002 at a race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Three fans were again injured in Daytona in 2004, reports Yahoo!, and two people were killed and six injured during a storm at Dover in 1983.
08-06-2012, 08:41 AM
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Burning Brakes
I'm traveling and had heard they had bad storms and stopped the race, but hadn't heard about the lightning - what a shame!!! Pocono weather is always freaky, but two lightning strikes is really crazy.
08-06-2012, 12:38 PM
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Safety Car
Was driving back from Syracuse to NC yesterday and got caught in that storm - it was brutal. Not just the lightening, but the volume of water that fell for 2 1/2 hrs.
