Teenage race car driver crashes into pit row, killing two, including in Marysville California
A teenage race car driver taking warm-up laps at a California raceway careened off the track and into pit row, killing a 14-year-old boy and 68-year-old man, officials said.
Six or seven cars were on the track Saturday night when the out of control car ran into the two victims, who were standing side-by-side, Yuba County Sheriff's Capt. Ron Johnson said.
Authorities on Sunday afternoon identified the victims a race car owner and the 14-year-old cousin of the teenage driver.
The Yuba County Sheriff's office on Sunday said 68-year-old Dale Wondergem Jr. of Grass Valley and Marcus Johnson of Santa Rosa died after they were struck by a race car in the pit area at the Marysville Raceway Park about 6 p.m. Saturday.
Officials say Marcus Johnson is the cousin of the 17-year-old driver Chase Johnson, who was not injured in the collision.
Wondergem owned a race car at the track, but not the one involved in the crash.The older man was pronounced dead at the scene at Marysville Raceway Park some 40 miles north of Sacramento, and the boy was declared dead either at the hospital or in an ambulance, officials said.