NASCAR contractor dies after being electrocuted at Chicago Street Race

CHICAGO — A NASCAR contractor has died after being electrocuted whereas establishing for the Chicago Street Race.

The Cook County Medical Examiner recognized the person who died Friday as 53-year-old Duane Tabinski, the founding father of an occasions firm employed to put in audio gear for the race, native station WLS-TV reported.

NASCAR stated in a press release {that a} employee had “suffered a fatal medical emergency” on Friday.

“We are coordinating with local authorities on this tragic incident,” race organizers stated. “We share our condolences to the family and their loved ones.”

Chicago police stated first responders took Tabinski from the race course to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless on Friday morning, based on WLS-TV.