European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Imola Italy apr three time world driving Champion Ayrton Senna died sunday a few hours after crushing his Skull in a crash during the grand prix of san Marino doctors where he was hospitalized said. A a Senna a heart stopped beating at 6 40 p.m.,�?� or. Maria Teresa Findri head of. Intensive the stars and stripes r if.  care As Maggiore Hospital said about an hour earlier Findri declared Senna brain dead after doctors had said Senna a forehead had been crushed. Neurosurgeon. Senna Alvaro Andreoli said the injury to the brain was so widespread there was nothing to gain by operating. By the time he was ferried to the Hospital by helicopter Senna had lost a lot of blood and Findri said a a mini tra May 2, 1994 a Cheo Tomys had j Yeti performed to relieve bleeding in the airways. Senna who held the pole position for the race was leading on the seventh Lap when his Williams Renault car went off the track at full Speed on the tamburello turn. It was not Clear Why his car went off. The car lost its right wheel and the front Section was badly damaged by the Impact. A Pool of blood stained the Tarmac As Senna was pulled unconscious from the cockpit. Rescue teams treated him before putting him aboard a helicopter. A the looked nervous from the very first Lap a said German Driver Michael Schumacher who was behind Senna when the ports a Page 32 Accident occurred. A the took two or three bumps but i can to say what happened  the Accident was similar to saturdays fatal crash in qualifying that took the life of austrian Driver Roland Ratzenberger. Senna was shocked by Ratzenberger a crash and did not drive when qualifying was resumed saturday. He retained the pole position a for a world record 65th time a with his time from fridays session a a Senna won 41 grands prix in his career second Only to Alain Prost. Senna won the world title with team Mclaren in 1988,�?T89 and�?T91. A to survive in grand prix racing you need to be afraid a Senna once said. A fear is a very important feeling to have. It helps you stay together. It helps you race longer., and live longer a Senna s crash was one of three major accidents injuring 13 people during the third race of the 1994 world championship won by Schumacher after 53 laps instead of the scheduled 61. . Lehto and Pedro Lamy were involved in a crash As the race started. The two a a Drivers were unhurt but seven spectators and a policeman were slightly injured by a tire that flew into crowd. Late in the race three Ferrari mechanics and a member of the Lotus team Neil bal dry were injured in an Accident As Michele Albor Ctol a car left the pits. The mechanics suffered minor injuries. Baldry a condition was not immediately known. Saddened Schumacher wins 3rd straight f-1 race a a see Page 31 jazz pacers shale stars in Road wins by the associated press Indiana and Utah earned crucial playoff Road victories saturday by shutting Down the a bad a highest scoring players a so Aquiila of Neal and David Robinson. A. The Atlanta Hawks earned a crucial Home Victory by pulling away from the Miami heat after a third Quarter Brawl. And the Seattle supersonics took a 2-0 Lead Over Denver in their Western conference series by beating the nuggets 97-87. The jazz limited the san Antonio spurs to 25 Points in the second and third quarters a including a 16-minute stretch in which they were 0 for 25 a and evened the Best-of-5 series at 11 with a 96-84 Victory. Robinson who scored 71 Points a week ago sunday to win the scoring title Over of Neal finished with 12 Points. Reggie Miller scored 32 Points and the pacers limited of Neal to a season Low 15 Points in a 103-101 Victory. Utah which beat san Antonio five straight times in the regular season before losing game 1, outscored the spurs 30-9 in the second Quarter. The nine Points were an Aba record Low for the second Quarter of a playoff game and san Antonio went on to set several team Accord lows including fewest Points in a playoff game. Pacers 103, magic 101 despite its Superb defense on of Neal Indiana had to hold off a late rally to come one win away from its first Aba playoff series Victory. Dennis Scott made three 3 Aba playoffs pointers and had 11 Points Down the stretch including a 3-Pointer that Cut Indiana a Lead to 103101 with 31 seconds remaining. Orlando regained Possession after Indiana a. Second 24-Sec- Ond violation in the final minute but Anfernee Hardaway a leaning one hander in the Lane bounced off the  made four of Orlando a playoff record 11 3-nointers and led the magic with 31 Points. R four teams in Aba history have come Back from 2-0 deficits to win a five game series but Only one a Phoenix last year a was Able to do it after losing the first two at Home. Hawks 104, heat 86 at Atlanta Duane Ferrell came off the Bench to score 23 Points in after his Basket and a Ard foul by Grant Long ignited the three minute Brawl As the Hawks evened the series at 1-1. Long fouled Ferrell 2 34 left in the third Quarter. Ferrell pointed at Long and said something Long began choking Fer Relt players on the court started pushing and shoving and both benches emptied. Reserves Keith Askins of the heat and Doug Edwards of Atlanta exchanged punches and were ejected As was Long. Supersonics 97, nuggets 87 at Seattle Gary Payton scored 18 Points and Sam Perkins hit a critical 3-Pointer in the final three minutes As Seattle overcame 27-for-42 free throw shooting to beat Denver. E Seattle a Gary Payton finds a Lane for his Layup Between Denver a Brian Williams and Rodney Rogers