Indy 500 Winner Dan Wheldon Dies in Race Crash

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died after a fiery crash at the Las Vegas speedway Sunday, The Associated Press reports.

Wheldon’s car burst into flames when it flew over another car and hit a wall on 13th lap of the Las Vegas 300. Drivers were informed of Wheldon’s death two hours after the 15-car wreck. Wheldon, who was 33, won the Indy 500 this year and 2005.

“It was like a movie scene which they try to make as gnarly as possible,” Danica Patrick was quoted as saying. “It was debris everywhere across the…


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