{"id":1793161,"date":"2023-01-02T22:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793161"},"modified":"2023-01-02T22:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:49:22","slug":"breaking-professional-race-car-driver-ken-block-killed-in-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-professional-race-car-driver-ken-block-killed-in-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Ken Block, Professional Race Car Driver, Killed in Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbreaking-professional-race-car-driver-ken-block-killed-in-accident%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=1793161&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-->\n<p>According to local law enforcement, Ken Block, a professional race car driver, was killed in Utah Monday in a snowmobile accident. He was 55.<\/p>\n<p>The Wasatch County Sheriff\u2019s Office said that they received a phone call about a snowmobile accident in the Mill Hollow area around 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver, Kenneth Block, 55-year-old male out of Park City, Utah, was riding a snowmobile on a steep slope when the snowmobile upended, landing on top of him,\u201d Police made the statement. \u201cHe was pronounced deceased at the scene from injuries sustained in the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Block was said to have been riding in a group, but was not present when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m speechless. Another legend lost too soon. Ken Block was an inspiration to me and many others in the automotive community. He will be missed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KenBlock?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KenBlock<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ItNvzV4F9A\">pic.twitter.com\/ItNvzV4F9A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Trace Simon (@itsjusta6_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsjusta6_\/status\/1610110530773041153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hoonigan Industries was co-founded by Block. He announced his death via a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in a snowmobile accident today,\u201d The statement stated. Ken was visionary, pioneer, and icon. He was a father and husband, which is what made him so special.\u00a0He will be incredibly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is breaking news; check back often for more updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional race car driver Ken Block was killed in Utah Monday during a snowmobile accident, according to local law enforcement. He was 55 years old. The Wasatch County Sheriff\u2019s Office said that they received a phone call about a snowmobile accident in the Mill Hollow area around 2 p.m. \u201cThe driver, Kenneth Block, 55-year-old male &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1793164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8151,4728,3997,8171,6202,6857,12953,3940,4133,5403,5069,6195],"class_list":["post-1793161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-accident","tag-block","tag-breaking","tag-car","tag-daily","tag-driver","tag-ken","tag-killed","tag-news","tag-professional","tag-race","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793161","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}