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NASCAR driver Johnny Benson was in critical condition after a fiery crash at ISMA Supermodifieds Race at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan last night.

Johnny Benson

ABC affiliate WZZM13 reported a spokeswoman for the hospital where Benson was treated said he is in serious but stable condition. Benson’s condition probably could be improved sometime Sunday morning.

On the first lap of the Saturday’s race, Johnny Benson’s super modified car became engulfed in flames after it had a collision with Larry Lehnert’s and came to rest on the track off Turn 3.

Johnny Benson Car Crash Wreckage Pictures

Track safety crews put out the fires as quickly as possible and pulled an injured Benson from the car wreckage. Benson was rushed to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.

Our prayers are with Johnny Benson!

Carl Edwards Crash Talladega Wreck (Pictures & Video)

Written by Lindsay Britney on Apr 27, 2009.

Carl Edwards Crash Talladega wreck Pic
Carl Edwards Crash Talladega Wreck Picture

Sunday might be a safety wake-up call day for NASCAR racing at Talladega Speedway. Numerous spectacular crashes happened on the day. Carl Edwards’ crash during the last lap sent the wreckage flying into the sky and subsequently injured seven spectators, two of them airlifted to the hospital, after his No. 99 Ford spun into the safety fence past the tri-oval. Edwards himself emerged out in the great shape from his car wreck.

Posted here are two pictures and one video of Carl Edwards Talladega crash on April 26 from ESPN. Detailed reports here , here and here.

Casey Aldridge, Jamie Lynnn Spears and daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge picture

Breaking news! Casey Aldridge, Britney Spear’s brother-in-law, was hospitalized at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Mississippi after a car accident last night, TMZ.com is reporting. Aldridge’s life might not be threatened as he reportedly is already in stable condition.  TMZ said Casey Aldridge, who fathered Jamie Lynn Spears’ toddler daughter Maddie Briann, is initially taken to the emergency room, but has just been moved to another part of the hospital.

Our prayers are with Casey Aldridge and Jamie Lynn Spears! Hope he have a speedy recovery soon.

Update: OMG! Casey Aldridge had a serious car crash. The 20-year-old may have a blood clot in his head.

RadarOnline.com has confirmed that Casey Aldridge, the father of Jamie Lynn-Spears’ 8-month-old daughter, is in a Jackson, Mississippi hospital after a bad car wreck last night. Jamie Lynn is at his side, a source tells us.

Aldridge was driving home at 1:30 a.m. Sunday when he wrecked his Ford F150 with two male pals in the car, one of whom broke his collar bone. The source adds that Casey has a hematoma and doctors fear he has a blood clot in his brain. He may be heading into surgery, a source tells RadarOnline.com.

Update: An emergent surgical procedure was already done to drain fluid from Casey Aldridge’s brain. But the fiance of Jamie Lynn Spears was charged with careless operation of a motor vehicle in the single car crash that led him to be hospitalized. TMZ said Casey Aldridge was then driving on the LA 606 in the Tensas Parish in Louisiana. Law enforcement sources told the website Casey was initially taken to the Riverland Medical Facility in Ferriday, LA  where is right across the border from Mississippi, but later transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Update: Casey Aldridge was discharged from the hospital on May 2

Casey Aldridge, the boyfriend of Jamie Lynn Spears and father to her 10-month-old baby, was released from a Mississippi hospital on Friday, five days after flipping over in his pickup truck while partying with friends at a late-night bachelor party, a family source tells PEOPLE.

“Casey got home today, and he’s doing really well,” the source says. “He’ll have to have some rest for the next few weeks. He’s still got a headache, but everything looks good.”

Aldridge, 20, suffered a head injury that required no surgery and apparently caused no permanent damage, the source says. [People]

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Henry Nigel Pearson, R.I.P!

Written by Lindsay Britney on Apr 09, 2009.

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Henry Nigel Pearson (Facebook/TMZ)

Sad! Sad! Sad! The DUI man Andrew Thomas Gallo has brought the otherwise unnecessary loss to three families. His running-red-light ride have ended the lifes of three 20’s, MLB LA Angels’s right-hand pitcher Nick Adenhart (22), Cal State Fullerton student Courtney Stewart (20) and now Henry Nigel Pearson (25). Henry Pearson, a Manhattan Beach resident, was the third victim of Nick Adenhart Mitsubishi car crash in Fullerton. According to TMZ, Pearson was a baseball enthusiast and a law student. He aspired be a sports agent. Pearson was befriended with John Wilhite, the only survivor from the now wrecked Mitsubishi Eclipse Courtney Stewart sterled.