NASCAR Hall Of Famer Jack
Ingram is hospitalized today after suffering serious injuries in a highway
crash Sunday morning near his home in Asheville, NC.
According to the
Asheville Police Department, Ingram and two passengers were on their way to
breakfast Sunday when their 2002 Chevrolet was struck in the driver’s side door
by a 1999 Ford pick-up. Ingram was transported to
nearby Mission Hospital in Asheville with a collapsed lung, five broken ribs,
and a puncture wound on his left side. Once in ICU, it was determined that he
had suffered a spleen injury that was causing internal injury. He underwent
surgery Sunday evening and remains in ICU.
A statement from his
family said, “We are currently by his side, managing his care with his
clinicians and will decide next steps. We remain hopeful and positive, and
appreciate all thoughts and prayers. We will provide updates as information
becomes available.”
The 1982 and 1985
champion in what is now the NASCAR XfinitySeries was inducted into the NASCAR
Hall of Fame’s 2014 class. One of Ingram’s two passengers was transported to
the hospital with pain in his right arm. Ingram’s other passenger and the driver
of the other vehicle were reportedly uninjured.
