YORK COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE

118 Pleasant Acres Rd.

Phone: (717) 840-7617 York, PA 17402 Fax: (717) 840-7618
https://yorkcountypa.gov/county-administration/row-officers/coroner.html
Claude W. Stabley II Pamela L. Gay Stephanie L. Wilt
Chief Deputy Coroner Administrative Asst.

PUBLIC INFORMATION RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE – Friday, 9/21/2018 @ 1:00 a.m.

Nature of Release: Sprint car driver dies in Date/Time of Death: Thursday,

single-vehicle crash at speedway 9/20/2018 @ 9:10 p.m.

Incident Location: (where coroner responded) BAPS Motor Speedway, 690 York Road, Newberry Twp.

Decedent Hoyt Gregory ("Greg") Hodnett, DOB 6/8/1969, 49 yo male

Address: 600 block of Fox Hollow Ct., Spring Grove, PA (Jackson Twp.)

York County Coroner Pamela L. Gay, has released the following information:
Cause of Death: Pending autopsy Manner of Death: Pending autopsy

*The York County Coroner was dispatched to BAPS Motor Speedway, 690 York Road, at approx. 9:13 p.m. on
Thursday night, 9/20/18 for a reported fatality involving an MVA with rollover that occurred just before 9 p.m.
*Reportedly, a 49 yo sprint car driver, Hoyt Gregory ("Greg") Hodnett, of Jackson Twp, lost control of his vehicle in
Turn One during the race, causing him to hit a wall at a high speed; the cause of the crash is still being investigated
*Hodnett was restrained and wearing a helmet at the time of the single vehicle crash
*EMS and Newberry Twp Police responded, but Hodnett died on impact at the scene
*Deputy Coroner Kathryn Suskie and Deputy Coroner Tania Zech responded to the scene and certified the death
*Next of kin were present and notified
*An autopsy has been scheduled for 8 a.m. on Saturday, 9/22/2018 at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown
*Cause and manner of death will be updated after the autopsy on Saturday; media should follow @YCoCoroner
on Twitter for any updates

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