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TRENDING NOW: Driver walked away from this incredible dragster crash

Howard Alexander

October 07, 2020 - 12:30 PM

Top fuel driver Leah Pruett's dragster broke in half and launched into the air in this unbelievable crash at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in Illinois this past weekend.

Pruett climbed out of the capsule under her own power after what was left of the car came to rest, and gave responding emergency crews a double thumbs up to show she was OK.

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