Driver Jessi Combs from "MythBusters" Died in Racecar Accident

Race car driver JESSI COMBS died on Tuesday, while trying to set a new land-speed record in Oregon.She was 39.(Some publications list her age as 36.) Jessi did seven episodes of "MythBusters" 10 years ago . . . hosted the show "Overhaulin'" . . . and appeared on "Jay Leno's Garage". She was attempting to break her own land-speed record in a jet-powered vehicle, trying to go more than 500 miles-per-hour, but she crashed in a dry lake bed in the desert.The exact circumstances are still under investigation.


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