2009 Bus Crash
At approximately 10:35 pm on May 23, 2009, a school bus crashed head on at nearly 20 mph into the concrete wall in turn one during the evening's scheduled school bus figure 8 race. Minor injures were sustained to approximately one dozen spectators as small pieces of rubble from the wall flew into the grandstands.
A shocking video of the incident was captured by a viewer with a home video camera, and was played on new stations throughout the country that weekend. Currently said video exists on YouTube, and can be viewed by searching for "columbus motor speedway bus crash". It is the first video in the search results.
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