Conway out with back, leg injuries

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    IndyCar driver Mike Conway will miss at least three months with back and leg injuries from his frightening crash in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

    Conway had surgery for multiple fractures in his lower left leg and has been diagnosed with a compression fracture in his back. The back injury was not confirmed until Monday morning.

    Conway's team, Dreyer & Reinbold, has yet to say who will replace him in the No. 24 car.

    The 26-year-old Englishman was injured on Lap 199 when Ryan Hunter-Reay's car, already low on fuel, started sputtering. Conway was going about 220 mph through the short chute between turns three and four and couldn't avoid running into the back of Hunter-Reay. The contact sent Conway airborne and into the catch fence, splitting the car into two large pieces though the driver's seat remained intact.

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