Dale Fatal Basilar Skull Fracture
But the fatal injury was a basilar skull fracture, with breaks in every bone where the skull meets the spine. Earnhardt died of a fatal basilar skull fracture. His tragic death, at the age of 49, led to major changes in the safety standards for nascar vehicles and left a void in the sport that has. Earnhardts fatal injury was the basilar skull fracture described in the autopsy report. A basilar skull fracture is any fracture of the skull in which the fracture originates in or propagates.
Since dale sr. s death, safety measures have been implemented in nascar. As per reports, the late nascar driver suffered from a fatal basilar skull fracture. Ad ironically, it was also waltrip's first victory in the nascar cup series. In july 2000, and tony roper in october 2000. Earnhardt died of a basilar skull ring fracture, the same injury that had killed three other nascar drivers adam petty, kenny irwin and tony roper over the.
