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Man Killed In Indoor Go-Kart Wreck

Driver Was Racing With Colleagues, Police Say

POSTED: 8:05 pm EST February 7, 2008
UPDATED: 5:26 pm EST February 8, 2008

A 23-year-old Illinois man was killed in an indoor go-kart wreck on Indianapolis' north side Thursday night, police said.

The man, Adam Robinson, 23, of Evergreen Park, Ill., was an AT&T worker. Police said he was racing with colleagues when his kart hit a wall at Fastimes Indoor Karting at about 7:30 p.m., Indianapolis police Sgt. Paul Thompson said.

Thompson, citing a witness's description of the wreck, said Robinson apparently was coming out of a turn when the vehicle "went up on its side."

"When it went up on its side, his head went up against either a rail or a plexiglass wall," causing severe trauma to his head or neck, Thompson said.

Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene, Thompson said. He was wearing a helmet and appeared to have been wearing seat restraints, police said.

Police said they saw no evidence of wrongdoing.

Robinson was with a group of AT&T workers who were in Indianapolis for training, police said.

Fastimes Indoor Karting is located at 3455 Harper Road, near the intersection of 96th Street and Keystone Avenue.

In a statement released Friday morning, AT&T said the company was saddened by Robinson's death and that "our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time."

"We are cooperating with local authorities during their investigation," AT&T said in the statement.

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