NASCAR fan killed by lightning strike at Pocono

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) -- Brian Mattson and Tom Deacher climbed into their truck and got set to leave saturated Pocono Raceway. That's when the lightning bolt slammed into a tent canopy just a couple of rows away from where they parked, shooting off sparks like a Roman candle.

The NASCAR fans jumped out and found two men on the ground. Deacher and others tried to administer CPR until paramedics arrived.

''When the tent collapsed, I knew it wasn't right,'' Deacher said.

The lightning strike was one of two that hit the just outside the track Sunday during a confusing and tragic end to a shortened day of racing. One of the bolts killed 41-year-old Brian Zimmerman, and a total of nine others were injured.


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Talk about a FREAK accident!!!

Yea good thing they canceled the race that could have been Gordon and he would not have won for his birthday!!!

And that would've been a bad thing how? lol

WOW you are mean he had his 2 babys there!! Cold hearted SOB

That's me! The coldest hearted SOB you know. Other than your father. lol

LOL i am telling

What are you talking about? He'd laugh his ass off, and you kbow it!

depends on what personality is out at that time

That's too true. He has so many to choose from.

Who??? God

NASCAR making left turns since the bootleggers

yep the bootleg times do u really think they only took left turns to get away form the cop. oohhh and buy the way there are 4 road race tracks in nascar.

Lol I know but I hate racing cuz of my dad

I understand that but racing has been in my family since they were racing dirt tracks and they had other jobs and the only ones who got paid any thing was 1st 2nd and 3rd.

Yup. That was when you brought what you had. No race teams, no sponsers.


Just racing.