IndyCar driver Justin Wilson dies from head injury suffered in race

Justin Wilson is shown in 2012. (Brent Smith/Reuters)

Veteran IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died Monday night from a head injury suffered during a race Sunday. The 37-year-old Englishman had been in a coma at a hospital near Pennsylvania’s Pocono Raceway, where the tragic accident occurred.
Mark Miles, the CEO of IndyCar’s parent company, Hulman and Company, made the official announcement. He said that Wilson had passed away with his family by his side, including a wife, two young daughters and a brother, Stefan, who is an Indycar driver in his own right, although he was not in Sunday’s race.

Wilson was struck by debris that flew off of a competitor’s car when that vehicle spun out and hit a wall. Wilson tried to steer around the wreckage, as other drivers had, but a detached nose cone that was bouncing along the track hit him in the head. The race was stopped as Wilson was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Allentown, Pa.
Stefan Wilson tweeted out his thoughts: