Ryan Newman now 'awake and speaking' after Monday's horrific crash at end of Daytona 500

Mar 28, 2024

up to the latest on that horrible

crash

during the final lap of the Daytona 500 last night or lauren saint-germain joins us now in the studio and lauren in the last hour we get an update on how Ryan Newman is doing tonight , that's exactly it, Jamison. His racing team issued a statement on Twitter saying that he is

awake

and

speaking

with family and doctors. Beyond that, we don't have any other details about his injuries, but honestly, after seeing this accident, it's pretty incredible that he survived. Ryan and his family say they are grateful. for all the support and messages you have received from all over the country and now in the Bay Area we are looking towards the Firestone Grand Prix of st.

Pete, this is a video of the teams starting to prepare today. We spoke to an IndyCar driver about safety and he says everyone knows racing is dangerous, but Ryan Hunter-Reay says IndyCar has been at the forefront of increasing driver safety. the safest barrier is installed the soft wall and now we go to an enclosed cabin on Indy Parkway, which is definitely innovative, so it's great for drivers. You know we're the fastest closed-course cars in the world, so it's a good thing we're here. taking those steps, driver safety and we have been bringing you new information about Ryan Newman's condition as we receive it on our broadcast news channel, we are live with breaking news and weather updates all day to that you can download it for free on Roku Amazon.