Four people are recovering from serious injuries received during a Friday night vehicle accident at Wagler Motorsports Park in Greene County.
The 7:15 p.m. incident, in which a Jeep rolled onto its side after striking three spectators, happened during the 28th Scheid Diesel Extravaganza truck pull and drag racing event.
Two people from Tennessee, one from Ohio and one from Pennsylvania were transported to area hospitals after the crash in critical condition.
On Monday, an update appeared on the racetrack’s Facebook page: “The four people who were injured are in different stages of recovery at this time with non-life-threatening injuries,” it said.
A 911 call that evening reported that a Jeep being used as a pit vehicle had driven out of the truck-pull staging area and into the crowd, where it ran into three people, a side-by-side all-terrain-vehicle, a track rake and another vehicle before rolling onto its side.
Sheriffs’ deputies, medics and volunteer firefighters responded to the scene.