Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.
Bill Cummings (November 11 1906 Indianapolis Indiana – February 8 1939 Indianapolis Indiana) nicknamed Wild Bill won the 1934 Indianapolis 500. Cummings died driving a passenger automobile on State Road 29 in Indianapolis when he hit a guard rail and plunged 50 feet (15 m) into Lick Creek. Cummings was pulled from the water by passers-by while still alive but died in the hospital two days later .