Second man dies after being hit by truck outside NHRA race

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Muskogee man who was struck by a pickup truck outside an NHRA race in Kansas has died. Kristi Pankratz, a spokeswoman for the Topeka, Kan., police, confirmed Tuesday that James C. "J.J." Jenkins, 52, was the second person to die from injuries sustained when a truck hit several pedestrians who were walking back to their car following the NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka on June 1. Jenkins' wife, Joy, told the Muskogee Phoenix her husband suffered a major brain stem stroke Saturday and died at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Judy Brewster, 55, of Muskogee, died at a Kansas hospital shortly after the accident. ESPN/AP