Indy 500 Winner Dan Wheldon Was Killed in a Horrible 15-Car Crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway

33-year-old Indy 500 winner DAN WHELDON was killed yesterday in a 15-car pile-up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  On lap 13, two cars bumped and set off a chain reaction.  Then Wheldon ramped off another car, hit the wall, and his car caught fire.

He was airlifted to a hospital, but two hours later, they announced he didn’t make it.  He’d won the Indy 500 twice:  In May, and back in 2005.  Three other drivers were hurt, and it’s not surprising . . .

In the video, you can see THREE cars go completely airborne at one point.  The rest of the race was cancelled.

The 49ers beat the Lions 25-19 yesterday, and immediately after the game, Niners coach JIM HARBAUGH and Lions coach JIM SCHWARTZ almost got into a FIGHT.

Harbaugh was jumping up and down celebrating, and he gave Schwartz a pretty hard handshake at mid-field, and sort of dismissed him.  And he also allegedly shouted a swear word.

And Schwartz apparently took offense . . . because he ended up CHASING Harbaugh down the field, while the players and coaches kept them from going at it.

Harbaugh tried to accept some of the blame for it, but not really.  He said, quote, “I was really revved up . . . That’s on me.  [The] handshake was too hard.”

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