DRAG RACER DIES AT IRNWINDALE
Tue, 2007-09-11 07:05
Ed Conrad, 62, Gardenia, CA., died on September 6 at Irwindale Speedway. He was the victim of an apparent heart attack.
Reportedly, Conrad suffered the heart attack in the burnout box and the car traveled down the track before crashing. Conrad did not appear injured in the subsequent crash.
"From what the paramedics told me, it was an apparent heart attack," Speedway Vice President Robert DeFazio said. "I'm told by witnesses he slumped over the wheel, passed out, and went down the track a little ways and stopped."
Speedway safety crews performed CPR on Conrad until Los Angeles County firefighters arrived. He was transported to Methodist Hospital in nearby Arcadia where he was pronounced dead. Ed Conrad, 62, Gardenia, CA., died on September 6 at Irwindale Speedway. He was the victim of an apparent heart attack.
Reportedly, Conrad suffered the heart attack in the burnout box and the car traveled down the track before crashing. Conrad did not appear injured in the subsequent crash.
"From what the paramedics told me, it was an apparent heart attack," Speedway Vice President Robert DeFazio said. "I'm told by witnesses he slumped over the wheel, passed out, and went down the track a little ways and stopped."
Speedway safety crews performed CPR on Conrad until Los Angeles County firefighters arrived. He was transported to Methodist Hospital in nearby Arcadia where he was pronounced dead.
Reportedly, Conrad suffered the heart attack in the burnout box and the car traveled down the track before crashing. Conrad did not appear injured in the subsequent crash.
"From what the paramedics told me, it was an apparent heart attack," Speedway Vice President Robert DeFazio said. "I'm told by witnesses he slumped over the wheel, passed out, and went down the track a little ways and stopped."
Speedway safety crews performed CPR on Conrad until Los Angeles County firefighters arrived. He was transported to Methodist Hospital in nearby Arcadia where he was pronounced dead. Ed Conrad, 62, Gardenia, CA., died on September 6 at Irwindale Speedway. He was the victim of an apparent heart attack.
Reportedly, Conrad suffered the heart attack in the burnout box and the car traveled down the track before crashing. Conrad did not appear injured in the subsequent crash.
"From what the paramedics told me, it was an apparent heart attack," Speedway Vice President Robert DeFazio said. "I'm told by witnesses he slumped over the wheel, passed out, and went down the track a little ways and stopped."
Speedway safety crews performed CPR on Conrad until Los Angeles County firefighters arrived. He was transported to Methodist Hospital in nearby Arcadia where he was pronounced dead.
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