'Those Guys Saved His Life'
Newsweek, August, 2002 by Daniel McGinn
At lunchtime on Thursday, Jason Priestley took his first bites of solid food since crashing his race car at Kentucky Speedway last weekend. After eight hours of surgery on Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, the actor-driver's condition is improving. His father, Lorne Priestley, talked to NEWSWEEK's Daniel McGinn about his son's injuries, the long recovery ahead--and whether Jason should return to the racetrack.
NEWSWEEK: How's Jason doing?
Lorne Priestley: It's all good news--things seem to be moving in the right direction. If you'd heard me yesterday, you'd recognize that there's a huge change in my voice.
He's out of surgery, but what lies ahead?
He's still in trauma, intensive care, but the way things are looking right now, within 36...
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