Jack Roush in Hospital Following Air Crash

[hotwheels]

Jack Roush, known to many as "The Cat in the Hat" has shown that he still has a life or two left. Roush was flying his Hawker Beechcraft Premier jet into Oshkosh, WI, for the upcoming EEA Airventure Show, when the airplane crashed on landing at Wittman Regional Airport. The accident occurred around 6:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday.

Circumstances of the accident are unclear at the moment, but Roush was taken to hospital suffering serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to the attending physician, Dr. Kevin Wasco. Roush is in the Theda Clark Medical Center.

Jack Roush is an avid aircraft enthusiast and owns a number of airplanes, including WW II P-51 Mustang fighter craft. This is not the first time that Roush has survived a air crash. In 2002, Roush borrowed an experimental plane for a short flight, but hit an elevated wire on landing. The plane crashed into a lake near Birmingham, AL.

A witness to the crash was a Navy SEAL, who rescued Roush from the sunken airplane. Roush was in hospital for 12 days.

[Double Droptop 8793]

Damn someone was watching over him.

[91stang308]

holy shit lucky but it looked like it hurt like hell

[poneyexpress]

Damn the cat spent one of those lives . Looks nasty , glad he's ok .

[trueblue02]

He better start hanging on to those lives. I hope he is better soon. He will need to replace that jet.

[bobbys97R]

damn I hope he hooked that seal up the first time

[Loadclr]

I have been talking to some friends in the avaition community about Jack's crash. We think it was a hard landing that caused the landing gear to collapse. Face/head wounds always look worse than they are because the bleed more than the average wound. We also think that he was listed in serious condition is due to a concussion. A concussion will almost always get you listed in serious condition. I hope he gets better and out of the hospital in time to unveil the new Stang him and Shelby are supposed to present at Oshkosh. One lucky cat.

[Loadclr]

I was watching the NASCAR race last week in Michigan and they reported that Jack had been released on the prior Wednesday and was at the track watching his teams. He did a short interview and said that he was put in conflict with other traffic and did what he needed to do to avoid a mid-air collision.

[BaddBullitt]

He's one lucky guy to still be alive... He has horseshoes us his azz!!!!