WJZ CBS Evening News With Katie Couric February 13, 2010
the luge track. it was captured on video and we must warn you it's graphic. the accident happened at the end of a practice run. the luger flew over the wall and crashed into a pole. jeff glor is in vancouver tonight. >> reporter: the crash was horrific. 21-year-old nodar kumaritashvili of the former soviet republic of georgia went over a track wall at 88 miles an hour and struck an unpadded steel pole just as he approached the finish line. he was pronounced dead this afternoon. luge is already one of the most dangerous sports in the world. so fast it's the only winter olympic sport t...
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