Jeff Krosnoff’s Fatal Accident

Illusion · #1 ● 10-31-2009, 08:43 AM

I remember this crash at the Molson Indy Toronto in 1996. My dad bought me to the race and its the first time i saw a life cut short.

On July 14, 1996 with 3 laps to go in the Molson Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place Krosnoff died from injuries sustained in an accident. Krosnoff's car made wheel-to-wheel contact with the car of Stefan Johansson, sending it into the air, over a concrete barrier, and into the catch fencing lining the street course. The fence did not deflect the car enough to keep it from hitting a tree that was close to the track.

The violence of the accident left the car broken in half and sent the cockpit section back across the track. Even though the paramedics were there almost immediately, Krosnoff was already dead after striking the tree.

A track volunteer named Gary Avrin was also killed in the accident when he was struck by the right front wheel of Krosnoff's then-airborne car. Krosnoff was 31 years old when he died.