NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has said he does not need to speak to the family of the 20-year-old driver he killed for closure. At a press conference in Kannapolis, North Carolina on Monday  - his first since he  struck Kevin Ward Jr. on an upstate New York dirt-track last month - Stewart said he has offered to speak to the family. 'I want to be available to them if they want to talk about it,' he said. 'At this point, I don't need to talk to them for closure. I know what happened and I know it was an accident.'
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Tony Stewart today appeared in his first press conference since the death of Kevin Ward Jr., 20, whom he struck and killed at a dirt track on August 9
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He said that he knows the death was an accident and does not need to speak to Ward's family - but if it helps them, he will
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Stewart, who has been in seclusion since the tragedy, added that he doesn't know 'if it'll ever be normal again'
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A grand jury ruled last week that he would not be charged in the death
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Ward's family have said 'the matter is not at rest'
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