Tony Stewart racing driver Ashlea Albertson, 24, is killed after being thrown ... trends now
Nascar legend Tony Stewart has spoken out after one of his young drivers was thrown from a car window and killed when her fiance lost control during a road rage incident.
Ashlea Albertson, 24, was returning home to Greenfield, Indiana, from a vacation with Jacob Kelly, 31, when the couple were caught up in a fatal tussle with another driver on the I-65 in Jackson County.
The cars collided and Kelly’s 2018 GMC Terrain span off the road, throwing Ashlea from a window as it flipped over and rolled.
Ashlea, who was due to marry in March, had recently beaten her mentor on the track and he paid tribute to her as a ‘great race car driver’ with an ‘infectious personality’.
‘In the past, I’ve also gotten caught up in road rage,’ Stewart said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Ashlea Albertson with fiancé Jacob Kelly. The couple were due to get married in March next year
Ashley with her team manager, the Nascar legend Tony Stewart
Debris from the couple's car lies strewn across the I-65 in Indiana after the crash that sent it rolling across the highway
‘I hope that we can honor Ashlea by controlling what we can control on the highway.
‘Losing her is a sobering reminder of how precious life is.’
Ashlea’s death has shaken the racing community after it was revealed by her father, Todd Albertson in an emotional Facebook video within hours of Friday’s crash.
‘She was a good kid and a better person,’ he said.
‘She just loved racing, she loved the community and you all have done so much for her.
‘Please keep my family, her fiancé, and everybody who is going through this in your thoughts and prayers.
‘And for those going to the track this weekend to enjoy their racing please know that all she ever wanted to do was to entertain and be loved by each and everyone who followed her.
‘Enjoy life and every moment of it, we never know when our time
