"There are injuries. Doable surgery," Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith mentioned in a text message for the Associated Press. "But he walked out from the airplane."
Smith confirmed that the airplane belonged to Roush, and he was flying it. Smith stated Roush's injuries include facial lacerations.
Roush, an aviation buff, was attending the Experimental Plane Association's annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week.
In a statement on the EAA Internet internet site, officials claimed a Beechcraft Premier company jet registered to Roush Fenway Racing, LLC was included in the landing automobile accident at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
The automobile accident occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. CDT, the assertion explained.
According to the EAA, the National Transportation Security Board and Winnebago County Sheriff's Department confirmed that two occupants on board were definitely Roush and Brenda Strickland of Plymouth, Mich. Strickland is a friend of Roush's.
"Each exited the plane following the crash," the assertion mentioned. "Both had been transported to nearby hospitals, with Roush in severe but steady ailment and Strickland with non-life threatening incidents. The NTSB is leading the investigation into the incident."
In accordance with a assertion in the group, Roush was landing his airplane when the car accident occured.
"Dr. Kevin Wasco, the attending physician, says that Roush is in significant but stable situation," the team's statement explained. "His incidents are certainly not living threatening."
It is the second close call for Roush, who crashed a airplane into a pond in Alabama in 2002 and almost drowned just before being rescued by an ex-Marine who lived nearby. Despite sustaining serious injuries, Roush continued flying.
Roush owns numerous plane, which includes a Earth War II-vintage P-51 Mustang.
After having achievements in dragsters and sports activities vehicle racing, Roush ¨C a former Ford engineer and college physics teacher ¨C founded his NASCAR group in 1988. Known for his trademark Panama-style hat, academic speaking fashion and love for tinkering with anything at all mechanical, he won championships in NASCAR's top series with Matt Kenseth in 2003 and Kurt Busch in 2004.
Due to the fact 2007, Roush has partnered using the Fenway Sporting activities Group, the sporting activities advertising and marketing arm with the Boston Red Sox's parent business.
The group at present fields cars within the Cup series for Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and David Ragan.
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