Race car driver killed in crash at Pennsylvania speedway

AP
Saturday, August 15, 2015
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Sprint car driver James Campbell Jr. was killed Friday night in a crash at Williams Grove Speedway.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. -- Sprint car driver James Campbell Jr. was killed Friday night in a crash at Williams Grove Speedway.



The Cumberland County Coroner's Office said Campbell, from Feasterville, died after striking the wall on the half-mile banked clay oval.



The accident happened during warm-up laps.



The speedway canceled the rest of the program after the accident.

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