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SPORTSSaturday 15 August 2015
Family believes Tony Stewart lost his temper in fatal crash
The Associated Press Tony Stewart leaves the garage after a practice session Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, for Sunday’s torney also added Ward
The parents of a sprint car NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. was under the influence of
driver struck and killed last marijuana the night of the
year by Tony Stewart be- Associated Press incident.
lieve a wrongful death law- “I do not believe my son
suit is the only way to hold end,” Kevin Ward Sr. said. He took a very, very big ber cleared Stewart of any was impaired,” Pamela
the NASCAR star account- “Well I know my son will part of my family’s life.” criminal wrongdoing. The Ward said.
able. never get to race again. A grand jury last Septem- Ontario County district at- The wrongful death suit
Pamela and Kevin Ward filed Aug. 7 seeks unspeci-
Sr. said Friday on “Good fied damages stemming
Morning America” they from Ward Jr.’s potential
want “justice” for their future earnings and suffer-
20-year-old son. ing at the time of the ac-
“That’s what we want,” Pa- cident. Stewart has main-
mela Ward said. “I don’t tained the incident was
feel Tony meant to kill my an accident. He’s never
son. But his actions killed publicly commented in
my son. I think he lost his detail on the sequence of
temper.” events that evening, and
Kevin Ward Jr. was killed has declined to discuss the
last August at Canandai- lawsuit.
gua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park “I wish he hadn’t gotten
when he exited his car un- out of the car, more than
der caution in an apparent anybody,” Pamela Ward
attempt to confront Stew- said of her son’s actions.
art. As Ward Jr. walked “But I also acknowledge
down the track, he was the fact that if Tony would
struck by Stewart’s car. have stayed low on the
The Wards believe Stew- track and not gunned his
art revved his engine and engine and headed for my
swerved toward Ward Jr. son, my son would still be
“Tony races every week- here.”q
