Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

One member of NASCAR’s Rick Ware Racing team died and another suffered severe injuries after being involved in a weekend car crash in North Carolina.

Dean Shaut was killed and Stephen Masch was injured Friday, the night before RWR competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway. The two began working for RWR this season as independent contractors.

According to officials who spoke with The Associated Press, the crash happened about 11 p.m. ET on a sharp curve in Thomasville, N.C., when a gray Toyota Tundra pickup truck hit a utility pole and a tree before flipping several times. It came to a stop in a yard. Officials told AP the truck appeared to be speeding.

Shaut, who was driving, died at the accident scene. Masch was airlifted to a hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., with spinal cord and head injuries.

“All of us at RWR are deeply saddened about the news and are suffering a great loss over this tragic accident,” team owner Rick Ware said in a statement Monday. “We can’t express our condolences enough at a time like this to each of the families and words alone right now just don’t express our thoughts enough.”

Shaut was a 20-year veteran of the NASCAR community as a fabricator and mechanic working over the years for Hendrick, MB2, Evernham and others.

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