NASCAR: Fans injured in Martinsville traffic incident

Martinsville Speedway officials announced that at least 10 fans attending Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race were injured when they were struck by a motorist while exiting the track after the event.

"Multiple individuals were struck by a vehicle, and the driver has been taken into police custody," a statement released by the speedway said. "Several people were treated on-site by emergency workers in the infield care center while others have been transported to a nearby hospital. We will monitor the situation closely with local authorities, and work with them to provide updates."

"It doesn't appear that there were any life-threatening injuries," Martinsville spokesman Brooks Taylor told USA Today. "Those that could be evaluated and treated here (at the track's care center) were. Others were taken to Memorial Hospital."

NASCAR reported that the incident took place near the helipad located on the southern side of the facility. FOXSports.com reported that 22 people were struck, with eyewitnesses claiming the driver drove into the crowd.

“We were just standing there watching people get on the helicopter and what have you and there was a big cluster of people,” Russell Tipton of Smith Mountain Lake, Va., told FOXSports.com. “Some guy … I don’t know what his deal was. I heard him gas it up and he just run right through the crowd, running over people. It was crazy.”