cyoung1616 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Eric was injured last Monday in his Top Fuel Funny Car and never woke up passed away today. Link: http://www.nhra.com/content/news/19197.htm So sad. Cody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wd40 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Thats sad but did you read "Guidelines & pointers for posting in this section"? This isn't technical news and is off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung1616 Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 I didn't know where to post it. sorry maybe a mod can move it for me. Cody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 lazy OPers ... Eric Medlen, 33, who had emerged as one of the most popular young drivers in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, succumbed Friday afternoon to injuries suffered when his race car crashed into a guardwall during a Monday test session at Gainesville Raceway.The talented Funny Car driver never regained consciousness. After being treated at the track, he was transported by ShandsCair helicopter to Shands at the University of Florida medical center where medical staff treated him for four days for a severe closed head injury. "Eric suffered from severe traumatic brain injury with diffuse axonal injury, or DAI," said Dr. Joseph Layon, professor of anesthesiology, surgery and medicine and the chief of Critical Care Medicine at UF. "Survival rates associated with DAI are low. "On Tuesday, UF and Shands neurosurgery team performed a cranjectomy and removed the front portion of the skull to relieve pressure and attempt to improve blood flow to the brain," Layon explained. "Despite receiving the most aggressive treatment, Eric continued to have uncontrollable intracranial pressure. His body lost the ability to manage its salt and water levels, and he began displaying the complicating factors associated with DAI. "That is when Eric's family elected to honor Eric's wishes and remove him from the artificial life support systems. Our hearts go out to Eric's loved ones." "On behalf of the family, I want to thank the medical staff at Shands not just for giving Eric the very best care he could have received, but for the compassion it showed for Eric and all those close to him," said his father, John Medlen. "I also want to thank the thousands of people who offered their prayers and support to us during this very difficult time." As recently as Thursday night, more than 100 drivers and crewmembers representing every Indianapolis-based race team attended a prayer vigil organized by Kelly Bustos, team manager for Tuttle Motorsports, which fields Top Fuel dragsters for 2006 Auto Club Road to the Future Award winner J.R. Todd, one of Medlen's closest friends in the sport. At Louisville, Ky., where BP/Castrol had set up booth space for the Mid-America Trucking Show, fans and well-wishers filled up two giant posters with get-well wishes Thursday. Moreover, more than 4,500 individual messages of support were left at a special e-mail address on the first day it was activated. Source: NHRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Only 33... wow :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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