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Aug 28, 2019 · Jessi Combs, a professional racer and TV host, was killed Tuesday in a car accident in Oregon while attempting to break her own land-speed record. She was 36 years old. Combs was driving a jet ...
- Andy Swift
The record was previously held for 48 years, set by Lee Breedlove in 1965. In an attempt to beat her 2013 record, she managed a 483.227 mph shakedown run before mechanical problems ended the attempt and caused her 52,000-horsepower, jet-powered car to crash.
Combs died on August 27, 2019, after crashing a jet-powered car while setting a land-speed record as part of the North American Eagle Project on a dry lake bed in the Alvord Desert, Oregon. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The crash was caused by a failure of a front wheel, likely caused by hitting an object in the desert, which caused the front wheel assembly to collapse at a speed nearing 523 mph ...
Aug 28, 2019 · Renowned racer Jessi Combs, who hosted "MythBusters" and "Overhaulin,' " died Tuesday in a jet-car crash while attempting to break a land-speed record in Oregon, the Associated Press reports. She ...
- Charles Trepany
- Wellness Reporter
May 14, 2024 · A crew member working on an American TV series was killed in a car accident after working a 14-hour day on set, it’s been reported. Rico Priem, 66, had been working on the set of the ABC ...
- Sabrina Barr
Aug 29, 2019 · Her partner Terry Madden, a member of her team who witnessed the crash, confirmed her death in a statement to TODAY. "It is with extreme grief, and in celebration of her life that her family and ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Oria Henry: Dad left suicide note before killing daughter and himself. A man who killed his two-year-old child also killed himself by crashing his car into a lorry weeks after breaking up with her ...
