NASCAR driver Kyle Busch was involved in what appeared to be a serious accident at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.Busch sustained a right lower leg compound fracture and left mid-foot fracture in the crash with eight laps remaining Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing said he was undergoing surgery on his right leg and is out indefinitely.Busch needed assistance getting out of his car after it slammed into a wall that did not have an energy-absorbing steel-and-foam energy reduction (SAFER) barrier. His right leg was placed in an air cast before he was transported by ambulance to nearby Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where he was undergoing surgery Saturday night for a compound fracture of his lower right leg. He also suffered a mid-foot fracture in his left foot.Busch will reportedly miss the Daytona 500 on Sunday with a right leg injury, according to multiple reports. The race will be without either of the Busch brothers for the first time since 2000 as Kurt Busch was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR Friday for acts against his ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll.
Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood said the track should have had SAFER barriers on every part of the track and took responsibility for the injury to Busch.
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