{"id":1521815,"date":"2022-06-18T08:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521815"},"modified":"2022-06-18T08:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:34:40","slug":"former-nascar-driver-clint-bowyer-involved-in-pedestrian-death-on-missouri-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nascar-driver-clint-bowyer-involved-in-pedestrian-death-on-missouri-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NASCAR Driver Clint Bowyer Involved in Pedestrian Death on Missouri Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nascar-driver-clint-bowyer-involved-in-pedestrian-death-on-missouri-highway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Police documents show that former NASCAR driver and Fox Sports NASCAR commentator Clint Bowyer was involved in the death of a female pedestrian as the result of a tragic car crash earlier in June.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clint Bowyer via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Former NASCAR Driver Involved in Deadly Pedestrian Accident<\/h3>\n<p>TMZ Sports, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/06\/17\/nascars-clint-bowyer-struck-and-killed-woman-in-terrifying-car-crash\/\">obtained the documents,<\/a> reported \u201cthe 43-year-old ex-racecar driver said he [Clint Bowyer] was traveling in a 2019 Nissan Rogue when he hit a pedestrian in the middle of the street.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/34107994\/former-nascar-driver-clint-bowyer-struck-killed-pedestrian-highway-accident\">crash happened<\/a>\u00a0near Osage Beach, MO, on June 5 according to the Lake Ozark Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Bowyer was traveling home from commentating for the NASCAR Cup Series that day in Madison, IL, when he struck the woman who was in the middle of the road around 9pm. Bowyer stopped after realizing what had happened and pulled over to call 911.<\/p>\n<p>EMTs who arrived at the scene of the crash <a href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\/news\/nascars-clint-bowyer-involved-in-deadly-crash-near-lake-of-the-ozarks\/\">declared<\/a> the victim, 47-year-old Mary Jane Simmons, dead after attempts to save her life were made.<\/p>\n<p>The police conducted several tests to determine whether Bowyer was impaired at the time of the incident from drugs or alcohol, with the results showing he tested negative for both substances while driving.<\/p>\n<h3>Female Pedestrian Hit by Clint Bowyer Possessed \u2018Crystalline Substance\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Reports do show however that the deceased woman potentially had a \u201ccrystalline substance\u2026 believed to be methamphetamine\u201d in her possession.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022.06.17-08.16-themixnet-62ace11100b3a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1496\" height=\"764\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clint Bowyer via Noah Lewis YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neighbors of the victim in Camdenton, MO, where she had lived,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/former-nascar-driver-clint-bowyer-kills-pedestrian-in-tragic-car-accident\/\">spoke<\/a> with authorities and indicated they were suspicious that she may have been under the \u201cinfluence of drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bowyer released a statement Thursday afternoon, stating that \u201cAnyone that knows me, knows that family is everything to me.\u00a0My thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of Ms. Simmons.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022.06.17-08.16-themixnet-62ace11600efc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1496\" height=\"798\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clint Bowyer via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very difficult time for my family and I, please respect our privacy as we move forward,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports released a brief statement following the news of Clint Bowyer\u2019s accident saying, \u201cWe are deeply saddened by the news of this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this terrible tragedy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police documents show that former NASCAR driver and Fox Sports NASCAR commentator Clint Bowyer was involved in the death of a female pedestrian as the result of a tragic car<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}