Ashlea Albertson, a 24-year-old racecar driver who competed on a Tony Stewart-owned dirt track circuit, died Friday in a car crash away from the track. A native of Greenfield, Ind. — approximately 65 miles north of where the crash occurred — Albertson was 24.
In a social media post mourning her loss, Stewart said the fatal incident resulted from “road rage.”
“In the past, I’ve also gotten caught up in road rage,” Stewart, a 52-year-old former NASCAR Cup Series champion, wrote in his post. “I hope that we can honor Ashlea by controlling what we can control on the highway.”
A spokesperson for Tony Stewart Racing did not immediately respond Sunday to a request for additional comment.
According to the Indiana State Police, Albertson on Friday was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver became embroiled in a dangerous and ultimately deadly situation involving another driver along a stretch of Interstate 65 in the state’s Jackson County.
“Evidence from the scene, including video footage captured by another vehicle, indicated that the two drivers began accelerating rapidly and refused to allow the other vehicle to pass,” wrote a state trooper in a news release shared Friday.
When one of the vehicles veered into the path of the other, they collided, sending the car carrying Albertson into a roll, per the police. She was said to have been ejected from the vehicle. After being flown to a hospital in Louisville, she was pronounced dead.
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