Sad News UPDATE 2: Race Fan Passes Away At Campsite Near Track: At 3:30pm (est) on Sunday, a young woman in her twenties was found by 7 friends in a camper that was located at a campsite facility near the Richmond Int’l Raceway. Emergency personnel were called to the scene, and upon arrival the woman was found to have expired. The 7 friends were taken to the Memorial Regional Medical Center where two were released, three are anticipated to be released tonight, and the two remaining are being kept overnight for observation. Carbon monoxide poisoning is the initial diagnosis, but the cause of death will be finalized upon further investigation. At this the time the case is being ruled suspicious.(Catchfence) UPDATE: Shortly after the race ended, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, officials discovered an apparently accidental death occurred in one of the satellite parking and camping areas used for races. Fans from such areas are shuttled to the track via buses. A woman, not yet publicly identified as of dusk Sunday, was found dead in a motorcoach, apparently as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Seven others were found “sick and dizzy,” in the words of local police spokesman Tom Shumate, and transported to a nearby hospital.(Gaston Gazette)(5-6-2002) UPDATE 2: A 20-year-old Stafford County woman was found dead in a camper and seven others were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after the NASCAR Pontiac 400 at Richmond International Raceway, police said Monday. Kelly Turco was found dead about 3:30 p.m. Sunday by two friends who returned from the race to the camper in a satellite parking lot. Others in the camper were complaining of feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Her cause of death will be determined after an autopsy being done Monday, said Henrico County police Sgt. Thomas Shumate. Two people were hospitalized overnight and the rest were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and released, Shumate said. All were from northern Virginia, he said.(Daily Press/AP)(5-7-2002)
