SAD NEWS: NASCAR 24-year-old driver dies in interstate-highway crash

SAD NEWS: NASCAR 24-year-old driver dies in interstate-highway crash

A 24-year-old Tony Stewart Racing driver died on Friday after being catapulted from her car on an Indiana roadway.

Ashlea Albertson was a passenger in one of two vehicles involved in the collision, which happened around 11:30 a.m. on northbound Interstate 65 in Jackson County, about an hour south of Indianapolis, according to an Indiana State Police Facebook post on Friday.

Albertson was a driver for Tony Stewart Racing, founded by the three-time NASCAR champion in 2000. Albertson was a member of the All Star Circuit of Champions TQ Midgets and last competed in Indianapolis a week before her death, according to racing statistics.

According to the state police, on Friday, a 22-year-old was driving a Chevrolet Malibu in the right lane of I-65 and a 31-year-old was driving a GMC Terrain in the left lane. Albertson was a passenger in the Terrain, according to authorities.

Police say evidence from the accident, including video, showed that the “two drivers began accelerating rapidly and refused to allow the other vehicle to pass.”

When the Malibu began to enter the Terrain’s lane, the Terrain’s driver lost control, and the two cars collided. Albertson was ejected from the automobile when it rolled, according to authorities.

Albertson was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. All of the other people involved, including the two drivers and a juvenile passenger in the Malibu, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at nearby hospitals, according to authorities.

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