Victims Friend: Tony Stewart Needs To Be Put In Prison For Life After the recent incident occurred, debates have sparked as to whether Tony Stewart was simply misfortunate to be involved in a terrible accident, or whether he let his temper get the best of him and cloud his judgment. According to Tyler Graves, friend of victim Kevin Ward Jr., Tony Stewart needs to be put in prison for life. For those that didnt hear, the accident took place on Saturday night. NASCAR driver Tony Stewart ran a driver off the track, and then proceeded to hit and kill him. Tony pinched him into the front-stretch wall, a racing thing, Graves told reporters. The right rear tire went down, he spun on the exit of 2. They threw the caution and everything was toned down. Kevin got out of his carhe was throwing his arms up all over the place at Tony for most of the corner. According to Graves, there was no mistaking what happened next. I know Tony could see him, Graves claims. I know how you can see out of these cars. When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle. When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him Investigations of the incident are still in process, and at the moment, Stewart is not facing any criminal charges. What do you think? Was this an accident or something more? Watch the video below and let us know what you think. Please note, the footage has been deemed graphic. 