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Robert Wickens hits wall during Indy 500 practice

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rookie Robert Wickens has crashed during practice for the Indianapolis 500, another big blow to the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team.

The Canadian driver hit the outside wall Monday coming out of the second turn on Indy's 2.5-mile oval. He hit the wall again in the back straightaway before rolling to a stop.

REPLAY: @robertwickens has been checked, released and cleared from the infield hospital ud83cudfe5 following this incident.

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