UPDATE: Jack Roush, injured in plane crash, transferred to Mayo Clinic
Thu, 29 Jul 2010Jack Roush was transferred on Wednesday evening to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to receive treatment for facial injures sustained in a plane crash, his company said.
Roush, 68, is co-owner of Roush-Fenway Racing and chairman of Roush Enterprises, a supplier most famous for customizing Ford Mustangs. He crashed his plane during landing on Tuesday at an airport in Oshkosh, Wis.
He remains in serious but stable condition.
Roush’s passenger, Brenda Stricklin, was treated and released from the hospital on Wednesday.
Roush is an avid aviator and has customized Mustangs with fighter-jet themes. This was his second crash; he also had an incident in 2002 in Alabama.
By Greg Migliore