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911 audio obtained by TMZ Sports has added new detail around the final hours before Kyle Busch was hospitalized.
The call was placed around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to a training facility in Concord, North Carolina, where a caller told dispatch he had “an individual that’s shortness of breath, very hot, thinks he’s going to pass out, and he’s producing a little bit of blood, coughing up some blood.”
According to the audio, Busch was on the bathroom floor inside the complex while facility employees prepared for paramedics to arrive.
The caller confirmed Busch was still conscious at that point, repeatedly telling dispatch, “He is awake. He’s awake. He’s awake.”
He also asked responding crews to silence their sirens on approach and said he would wait outside at a side entrance to flag them down.
Per the Associated Press, Busch had become unresponsive while running the Chevroletracing simulator in Concord on Wednesday before being transported to a Charlotte-area hospital.
As of Friday morning, an official cause of death had not been released.
Busch had called for medical attention during a race at Watkins Glen International on May 10 – just eleven days before his death – and Fox NASCAR announcers added that he was dealing with a sinus cold at the time.
As recently as May 16, Busch addressed his condition on video, saying “I’m still not great” and that “the cough was pretty substantial last week.”
Whether that illness was connected to what happened in Concord on Wednesday has not been confirmed.
Just days earlier, on May 15, Busch had won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover.
In his post-race interview, he said, “You take whatever you can get, man. You never know when the last one is going to be, so cherish them all – trust me.”
Busch is the winningest driver in NASCAR national series history, with 234 combined victories across the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series.
He is survived by his wife, Samantha, and their children, Brexton and Lennix.
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The call was placed around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to a training facility in Concord, North Carolina, where a caller told dispatch he had “an individual that’s shortness of breath, very hot, thinks he’s going to pass out, and he’s producing a little bit of blood, coughing up some blood.”
According to the audio, Busch was on the bathroom floor inside the complex while facility employees prepared for paramedics to arrive.
The caller confirmed Busch was still conscious at that point, repeatedly telling dispatch, “He is awake. He’s awake. He’s awake.”
He also asked responding crews to silence their sirens on approach and said he would wait outside at a side entrance to flag them down.
What We Know About the Lead-Up
Per the Associated Press, Busch had become unresponsive while running the Chevroletracing simulator in Concord on Wednesday before being transported to a Charlotte-area hospital.
As of Friday morning, an official cause of death had not been released.
Busch had called for medical attention during a race at Watkins Glen International on May 10 – just eleven days before his death – and Fox NASCAR announcers added that he was dealing with a sinus cold at the time.
As recently as May 16, Busch addressed his condition on video, saying “I’m still not great” and that “the cough was pretty substantial last week.”
Whether that illness was connected to what happened in Concord on Wednesday has not been confirmed.
Just days earlier, on May 15, Busch had won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover.
In his post-race interview, he said, “You take whatever you can get, man. You never know when the last one is going to be, so cherish them all – trust me.”
Busch is the winningest driver in NASCAR national series history, with 234 combined victories across the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series.
He is survived by his wife, Samantha, and their children, Brexton and Lennix.
Continue reading...
