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The Verizon IndyCar Series race was red flagged
and did not restart for approximately two hours after the crash,
which occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Curt Cavin, the IndyCar vice president of communications, said
Wickens was awake and alert when he was transported by
helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown,
Pa., for evaluation. The extent of any injuries the Canadian
driver might have suffered was unknown immediately.
Wickens, James Hinchcliffe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Pietro Fittipaldi
and Takuma Sato were the drivers involved in the crash.
Hunter-Reay and Wickens made the initial contact, and Wickens'
car became airborne. The nose of the car hit the outside wall as
the car traveled at full speed. Debris flew across the track,
and Wickens' car damaged the fence.
The extended delay occurred as a crew rebuilt the fence. and the
nose hit the outside wall at full speed. Wickens' car also
heavily damaged the catch fence.
"I was lucky to get out of that one," said Hunter-Reay, who was
the first driver checked and released from the infield medical
center. Sato was also checked and released, as were Fittipaldi
and Hinchcliffe later.
On the initial green flag of the race, Graham Rahal and Spencer
Pigot collided. Pigot hit an inside wall, and Rahal's car went
to the pits for repairs.
--Field Level Media
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