In October, 1950, he was involved in a race in Sacramento, California, when his car locked wheels with another racers car causing a crash through the guard rail, resulting in fatal injuries to spectator Peter Bernard Stuberak, and injuries to two other spectators.
En outubro de 1950 participaba nunha carreira en Sacramento (California), cando o seu coche bloqueou as rodas con outro coche de carreiras provocando un accidente a través do gardarraíl, provocando lesións mortais ao espectador Peter Bernard Stuberak e lesións a outros dous espectadores.