Colin McRae Dies In Helicopter Crash
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I was browsing through Autoblog.com when I knew about the helicopter crash that belongs to Colin McRae. Just in case you don’t know who Colin McRae is, he was Britain’s first World Rally champion in 1995. He achieved 25 wins in World Rally events and 42 podium places in his career as a professional rally driver in the WRC.
On board the helicopter were his 5 year old son, Johnny, another adult and another child. The helicopter crashed and burst into flames in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire.
You can read the news from Times Online and here are some of the excerpts.
Jean-Eric Freudiger, McRae’s agent, said the 39-year-old driver had been piloting the helicopter himself. Also on board were believed to be his son Johnny, another adult – said by locals to be a school friend of McRae – and another child. McRae’s wife Alison and their daughter Hollie, 9, were not on board, friends said.
Strathclyde police said in a statement: “Four people were onboard the helicopter,” adding “The bodies were found within the helicopter which is owned by Mr Colin McRae of Jerviswood House, Lanark. It is believed he was onboard the helicopter.”
Via Autoblog.com
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