Autopsy set for driver fatally struck by NASCAR's Stewart


NASCAR driver Tony Stewart holds the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

CANANDAIGUA N.Y. (Reuters) - An autopsy will be performed Monday on Kevin Ward Jr., the 20-year-old sprint car driver who was killed over the weekend after being struck on a New York race track by NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero said.

Investigators also completed a reconstruction of the crash that led to Ward's death at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York, he said.

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