Clint Bowyer, a Fox Sports analyst and former NASCAR Cup Series driver, was concerned in a automobile accident in Missouri final week in which he struck and killed a girl who was strolling on a freeway, the authorities mentioned.
Mr. Bowyer, 43, “immediately hit his brakes” and known as 911 after putting the lady whereas driving on a divided U.S. freeway in Lake Ozark, Mo., simply earlier than 9 p.m. on June 5, in accordance with a police crash report.
The authorities mentioned that the entrance of Mr. Bowyer’s automobile was badly broken and that he confirmed “zero” indicators of impairment after the accident. He supplied a breath pattern that confirmed he had a blood-alcohol focus of .000 p.c, the police report mentioned.
Mr. Bowyer and Fox Sports didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The girl who was killed was recognized as Mary Jane Simmons, 47, of Camdenton, Mo. The police report mentioned she was struck by the entrance of the driving force’s facet of Mr. Bowyer’s automobile after which hit the automobile’s windshield. The affect catapulted her greater than 260 ft, the report mentioned.
Mr. Bowyer, of Mocksville, N.C., pointed the emergency medical employees who responded to his 911 name towards Ms. Simmons, the report mentioned. The employees tried to revive her, the authorities mentioned, however she was pronounced useless on the scene.
Ms. Simmons’s belongings have been scattered throughout an exit ramp, and amongst them the police discovered a “crystalline substance” that was “believed to be methamphetamine,” in accordance with the police report. Residents of an R.V. park the place Ms. Simmons had been staying informed investigators that they believed that Ms. Simmons “was under the influence of drugs,” the report mentioned.
Mr. Bowyer was a NASCAR driver for 15 years. In addition to his 10 NASCAR Cup Series wins, he was the 2008 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, and he gained the NASCAR Camping World Truck collection thrice. After his remaining season of competitors, in 2020, Mr. Bowyer grew to become a full-time analyst for Fox Sports protection of the cup collection.