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Right front went, something either at the bottom of the upright, or in the pushrods.

Car getting on its side was pretty much the same thing that happened to Conor Daly in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpUCTZlfl0

And if you want to go back further Bobby Rahal at Motegi in 1998.
https://youtu.be/vzh9n-j2Foc?t=2m40s

Taken after the car started to skid off.

Is it just me or does it look like his head hits the wall

Ugh... that does NOT look good. Did he walk away?

No, it didn't look like he was moving when the safety crew got there & they haven't shown the accident scene on the video since which is kinda concerning.

no but he did appear to move after the car came to rest, slightly though.

Right front pushrod broke, or the something on the swing arm/damper broke in the right front. The onboard tells the tale.

they got Hinch out of the car, is on the backboard going to the infield medical center

You could see the RF suspension completely unload from the onboard. I thought that might have indicated a left rear failure (given the diagonal nature of the forces) but the T3 camera angle doesn't seem to show anything happening to his left rear. That's a strange one because it seems like Indycars typically have suspension failures in the rear (when they do occur).

Hard to tell from the onboard, but he got close.

Ugh.. brutal hit. I hope he's ok.

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Just got on, obviously a crash happened but can anyone sum up for me whats been going on today or is there a replay available yet? Thanks guys.

Practice stream switched off.

sennadesilva Front right suspension just broke when Hinch was at turn 3 and he went straight into the wall as you can see by images, then gets some air like Conor Daly in 2013 and ended in T4. About practice. It was clean, and many drivers were testing. I think there was one yellow for debris or other little thing

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Excellent.

Marshall Pruett saying it looks like a right front pushrod broke on Hinch's car.
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Thanks for the info everyone! Glad he's at least awake and alert. I'd assume at this point they wouldn't let him race just cause of the concussion issue, even if he has no other injuries but hopefully this is all just precautionary.