Indiana State Police are persevering with their investigation into an obvious street rage incident that claimed the lifetime of Tony Stewart Racing TQ Midget driver Ashlea Albertson.
Albertson, 24, was a passenger in a GMC Terrain Friday about 11:30 a.m. on I-65 in Jackson County simply south of Seymour, Indiana, when a person driving a Malibu pulled alongside the Terrain. Authorities say video recorded by an individual in one other automobile within the space reveals each drivers started driving quicker, refusing to let one another go. When the driving force of the Malibu modified lanes into the Terrain’s path, the SUV driver misplaced management of his automobile, inflicting the 2 to collide, in accordance with ISP.
Albertson was ejected from the Terrian when it rolled over. The Malibu left the interstate and stopped in a area.
Albertson was flown to the College of Louisville Hospital the place the Greenfield, Indiana, resident died. The 2 drivers and a juvenile passenger within the Malibu have been handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
Each drivers got blood exams. The toxicology outcomes are pending. After ISP completes its investigation, its findings will likely be given to the Jackson County prosecutor’s workplace to find out if fees will likely be filed.
In a social media put up, Stewart mentioned he had misplaced a teammate that had “an infectious persona and will mild up any room.”
“She was an awesome race automobile driver that was concerned in a street rage accident and misplaced her life,” Stewart wrote within the social media put up. “Prior to now, I’ve additionally gotten caught up in street rage. I hope that we will honor Ashlea by controlling what we will management on the freeway. Shedding her is a sobering reminder of how treasured life is.”
Todd Albertson posted an emotional video on his daughter’s Fb web page after studying of her dying.
“This is likely one of the hardest posts that I might presumably make, however I’ve no phrases to place it out aside from making a video to share with everyone who liked her and that she liked in return,” Albertson says tearfully. “I need to thanks from my household, from myself, for making her really feel like she was the very best racer on the market each time that she took the monitor.
“We admire you. We love you. I’m sorry to tell you this fashion, but it surely’s solely truthful that everyone is aware of and there be no hypothesis transferring ahead.
“She was a great child, a greater individual. She simply liked racing, she liked the group and also you all have completed a lot for her. Thanks, from the underside of my coronary heart. Please maintain my household, her fiancé, and everyone that’s going by this time in your ideas and prayers.
“These of you who go to the monitor this weekend and revel in racing, please know that’s all she ever wished to do was placed on a present … and be liked and revered by every and everybody of you that adopted her. … Get pleasure from life and each second that it’s. It’s treasured. We by no means know when our time is.”
Albertson’s and Jacob Kelly’s wedding ceremony was scheduled for March 23, 2024.