A driver in a harness race at the Hollywood Casino at the Meadows horse track suffered life-threatening injuries when he was thrown from his sulky and struck his head on the track. Hunter Myers was in the 11th race when another horse broke stride, causing a chain-reaction crash that threw Myers onto the track.

Medics tended to Myers, 27, on the track for a major head injury and he was taken by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital. The 12th and 13th races were canceled following the incident, with other drivers suffering minor injuries but none of the horses were hurt.

Myers had raced nearly 20,000 times and won nearly 2,400 times, with a career in harness racing since he was 16 years old. It was not known when racing would resume at the track, with the Meadows canceling racing for the remainder of the week out of respect for the Meadows Racing Community.