
A contracted audio specialist who died Friday during the setup for NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race course was electrocuted, according to autopsy results released Saturday.
Duane Tabinski died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, after a witness heard him groan and found him “slumped over” in the 500 block of South Columbus, according to a Chicago police report and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Tabinski had been hired by NASCAR to produce audio for pre-race celebrations.