Stewart Friesen suffers fractured pelvis and damaged leg in terrifying crash

Stewart Friesen, who competes full-time within the NASCAR Truck Sequence, has suffered a number of accidents in an airborne crash on Monday evening. Friesen was competing within the Tremendous DIRTcar Sequence, driving a Huge Block Dust Modified at Autodrome Drummond in Quebec, Canada.

In a terrifying crash in the course of the ‘King of the North’ characteristic occasion, he slammed the skin wall, sending the automotive flipping via the air. Because it slammed again down onto the bottom, flames started to erupt as Friesen continued to roll down the observe. Moments later, an approaching automotive impacted the door of Friesen’s automotive at a excessive fee of pace. When it lastly got here to relaxation, the chassis was fully seen with a lot of the physique panels torn away.

Friesen’s accidents

He was promptly transported to a neighborhood hospital for additional analysis after being helped from the wreckage. His spouse, Jessica Friesen, has since revealed that he has suffered a pelvic fracture and a damaged proper leg within the crash.

“CT scans have come again away from any head, neck or backbone accidents,” an official assertion learn. “Sadly, he’s nonetheless in an incredible quantity of ache. Stewart has suffered an unstable/open-book pelvic fracture, that means his pelvis is damaged in two or extra locations, with a big hematoma on the world. Stewart additionally has a fractured proper leg. Each of those accidents would require surgical procedure. Stewart was transferred to a bigger hospital this morning for these procedures. His vitals are secure, and after receiving further ache medicine, he’s in higher spirits and resting.”

Friesen drives for Halmar-Friesen Racing within the NASCAR Truck Sequence. The 42-year-old is locked into the playoffs after a dramatic win at Michigan, that are set to start on August thirtieth. Only a few days in the past whereas celebrating his birthday, he earned a third-place end at IRP, however was later disqualified for failing post-race inspection.