The driver of the Ohio cable tree dies after an accident on the Western Pennsylvania route

Note from the publisher: This story was updated on March 24th.

Salem, Ohio – A driver with Ohio cable tree died on March 20 after an accident in the Hollywood Casino in the Meadows in Washington, County, Pennsylvania.

The 27 -year -old Hunter Myers from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was thrown out of the Schmulky during a race on March 19, which led to a chain reaction in which four other horses and drivers were involved with minor injuries.

He was flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh in a critical condition, where he later died of his injuries.

Myers showed a video that was published online from March 22nd by Meadows Track photographer, who received a honor. This is a ceremonial event to commemorate organ donors, while they are transported to organ procurement. The video shows the halls that are lined with medical staff and other drivers in their racing sizes, while Myers is thrown along the hallway in his hospital bed, flanked by family and friends.

Myers, native Williamsport, Ohio, left his fiancee Chloe Fisher and a little son. A gofundme campaign has Already collected more than 66,000 US dollars for the future of his son and exceeded the target of $ 10,000.

The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association described Myers in an explanation as a “rising star”. The Meadows have canceled the rest of the week and offered his racing community mourning support services.

The Association of Ohio Harness Horsemen keeps a memorial moment of silence at 5:50 p.m. on March 23 in MGM Northfield Park in Northfield, Ohio, in honor, before the first race at 6 p.m.

Northfield Parks upcoming non-winners of a series, which is officially known as Iron Maiden series, is renamed the Hunter Myers Memorial Series.

“Hunter was a young star and was taken too early,” said the Ohha in an explanation.

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Myers, the son of coach Michael Myers, grew together with horses and started the race at the age of 16 in 2014. This year he won 19 out of 110 races on 29 routes when he established himself on the Ohio Fairs Circuit. after to the US TROTT association.

Myers won his first victory on the Jackson County Fair on a horse that his father trained. For his efforts this first year he received the Peter Haughton Memorial Award from the Ohio Chapter of the US belt Writers Association, the “the young Ohioaner, who is an emerging star among the Heidelfürstern”.

He split his time between the tracks in Ohio and Pennsylvania and won 2,450 races, which made more than 21.7 million dollars in profit during his career.

“However, the statistics and his obvious talent do not begin to tell the whole story,” said the Usta in a statement. “He was a beloved son of his parents. A punctual father of his toddler son. A venerated partner of his fiancee. And a loyal, funny, generous friend of the legions in the American dish racing that knew him.

“Hunter Myers was an essential, remarkable part of the sports fabric and he died what he loved. Now that loved him – and there are many – have to think about an unexpected and indescribable loss,” said the Usta.

The accident was the first death on the route in the 62 years of the race on the Meadows, After Observer reporter.