FARMINGTON, MO (AP) -
Police say a 47-year-old man has died after a car at an eastern Missouri racetrack jumped an embankment, became airborne and struck him and two others in the pit area. The accident happened Saturday at St. Francois County Raceway near Farmington, about 70 miles southwest of St. Louis.
Park Hills Police Officer Fabian McRaven says the man was a pit crew member for another driver, but didn't release his identity.
Two others were injured and race car driver, 40-year-old Tommy Worley Jr., was taken to a hospital with some broken bones.
McRaven says Worley's sprint car clipped another car while trying to pass on a turn and the vehicle went airborne.
The track holds races every Saturday night from mid-April through mid-October, according to a schedule on its Web site.
Park Hills Police Officer Fabian McRaven says the man was a pit crew member for another driver, but didn't release his identity.
Two others were injured and race car driver, 40-year-old Tommy Worley Jr., was taken to a hospital with some broken bones.
McRaven says Worley's sprint car clipped another car while trying to pass on a turn and the vehicle went airborne.
The track holds races every Saturday night from mid-April through mid-October, according to a schedule on its Web site.
