Out-Of-Control Dragster Kills Photographer At Wisconsin Track

UNION GROVE, Wis. - A dragster racing at the Great Lakes Dragaway veered out of control yesterday, flew over a guardrail and crashed, killing a photographer filming the event at the side of the track.

Videotape taken by spectators showed the blue car, described as a modified 1949 Mercury, rolling and crashing, then disintegrating into flaming wreckage.

The car's driver, protected by a roll bar, could be seen walking away from the charred wreckage after it rolled to a stop.

"With the limited information we have at this point, it doesn't appear that there was wrongdoing on anyone's part," said Sgt. John Scwarz of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, which was investigating the accident.

The photographer's name was not released.

Authorities said he was from Grand Rapids, Mich., and had proper credentials to be filming at the side of the track.