Tragic Accident at Hartwell Speedway
One person is dead and two others injured in a tragic accident at Hartwell Speedway on Sunday, July 4. The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reports that a race car lost control, hit a concrete wall, and crashed through a chain-link fence into the infield of the speedway. The man killed in the accident has been identified as 57-year-old Paul Ballenger. The crash also injured a 9-year-old and a man in his thirties. The driver of the race car was not injured in the one-vehicle accident.