Dan Wheldon dies in IndyCar race

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British driver Dan Wheldon has died following an accident at the Las Vegas Indy 300.

The Buckinghamshire-born star, 33, was one of 15 drivers involved in a crash at the second corner on lap 13 of the season-ending race.

Alastair Leithead reports.

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