Coke Zero 400 crash victim pulled metal from tongue, attorney Matt Morgan says

5 fans injured in NASCAR crash at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Attorney Matt Morgan announced on Tuesday he is representing two victims who were injured in Coke Zero 400 crash, one of whom pulled a piece of metal from his tongue Tuesday morning.

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Morgan said in a news release that his clients were sitting three rows up from the point of impact when they were struck by debris in a spectacular crash at Daytona International Speedway, which ended at 2:41 a.m. 

Morgan said his clients, a mother and son from St. Cloud, are being seen by doctors again to determine just how badly they were injured. They were hit by a piece of metal debris, treated at the track and sent home.

"Due to the fact that they were three rows up directly aligned with the point of impact. it was just a frightening event that everybody is thankful that they made it out of alive and without loss of limb or some type of catastrophic injury," Morgan said at a news conference Tuesday, adding it was his clients' first time they had ever been to a race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the rain-delayed Sprint Cup Series race, but as the pack of cars chased him on a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish, contact in traffic sent Austin Dillon's car flying upside down into the fence.

The car tore down a section of fencing, and Dillon's car sailed back onto the track. His mangled car landed on its roof, and Casey Mears' crew members raced to pull Dillon from the wreckage.

One fan was taken to a hospital and was later released. Four others were treated in the infield care center. Dillon suffered a bruised tailbone.