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WWII Navy vet, 87, dies when race car crashes
By Schuyler Dixon - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 18, 2010 19:22:44 EDT

DALLAS — An 87-year-old World War II veteran who eagerly anticipated a fast ride around Texas Motor Speedway died after the car he was in blew a tire and crashed into a wall at the Fort Worth track, officials said Tuesday.

Fred Donald Krusemark of Dallas died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck early Monday, two days after the accident, according to Troy Taylor of the Denton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

There was no indication whether Krusemark was wearing a seat belt when the blowout caused the driver to lose control of the car, Taylor said.

The driver was in critical condition Tuesday at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, hospital spokeswoman Whitney Jodry said.

Krusemark chose the ride-along experience as a reward for being a blood donor, Carter BloodCare spokeswoman Linda Goelzer said. Krusemark contacted the organization’s event coordinator “several times to make sure he was on the list, and he was excited about coming,” Goelzer said.

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1. I thought this was going to be about Nelson Rockefeller