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Indy 500: Quick safety team response key in critical Hinchcliffe crash
Great response by IndyCar's safety and medical teams more than likely saved James Hinchcliffe's life on Monday. The personable Canadian driver was bleeding profusely after a vicious accident in Turn 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and, according to one of Hinchcliffe's associates who asked not to be identified when speaking with RACER, it was a life-threatening situation that was handled to perfection by the HOLMATRO safety team and doctors inside the ambulance that rushed him to IU Health Methodist Hospital before surgeons completed the save. In the impact, which flattened the right side of the chassis (pictured), one of the suspension wishbones penetrated the Dallara safety cell,...
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