Fan Dies After Being Hit by Debris From NHRA Crash
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A fan has died after being hit by a tire from a crashing dragster at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
The woman was watching a first-round run Sunday at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler when Antron Brown's Matco Tools/U.S. Army dragster went out of control on the strip and its left rear tire and wheel came off.
Alia Maisonet, a spokeswoman for the Gila River Indian Community, says the woman was airlifted to a Phoenix-area hospital for treatment and later died. Gila River emergency responders were among the first to respond to the scene.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Brown wasn't hurt. Maisonet didn't know the woman's name or hometown.