GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Authorities are investigating the death of a 9-year-old girl who collided with a maintenance vehicle at Grand Junction Motor Speedway.
Mesa County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Sally Weese says Taybor Duncan’s go-cart rolled multiple times after it clipped a maintenance vehicle on the track Sunday morning.
Weese says Taybor had just crested a hill and was descending when her go-cart collided with a trailer being hauled by a 4-wheeler that was trying to reach racers in another accident on the track.
It’s not clear whether racers were warned to slow down because of the first accident. Weese says that’s part of the investigation.
Weese says Taybor was wearing a seat belt, helmet and protective chest plate.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
