"Mass casualties" were reported at an air show after a plane slammed into the box seat area in front of a grandstand at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno on Friday, a spokesman for the show told CNN.
At least two people died and 54 people were transported from the scene with injuries, according to officials.
The pilot, identified as Jimmy Leeward, a real estate developer from Ocala, Florida, was likely killed in the crash, the show said in a statement. He was flying a P-51 Mustang. The event has been canceled and a memorial service will be held for the pilot Saturday afternoon, the show said.Those who knew Joshua DeBoer remembered him Friday as a smart, ambitious, faith-filled young man.
The 21-year-old Chicago Heights resident was killed Thursday evening when a plane
he was piloting crashed in Noblesville, Ind., a suburb of Indianapolis. Passenger Joseph Neuzerling, 21, of Noblesville, also was killed in the crash. Both were Purdue University students.A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into
the grandstands Friday during a popular annual air show, killing at least three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with body parts and smoking debris.An airplane has crashed near grandstand at Reno Air Races in Nevada, local TV reported Friday.
It has been confirmed the Unlimited P51 mustang plane "Galloping Ghost" piloted by Jimmy Leeward from Florida has gone into the stands during Race 77, KRNV news said. But it wasn't immediately known if there were deaths or injuries.
At least two people died and 54 people were transported from the scene with injuries, according to officials.
The pilot, identified as Jimmy Leeward, a real estate developer from Ocala, Florida, was likely killed in the crash, the show said in a statement. He was flying a P-51 Mustang. The event has been canceled and a memorial service will be held for the pilot Saturday afternoon, the show said.Those who knew Joshua DeBoer remembered him Friday as a smart, ambitious, faith-filled young man.
The 21-year-old Chicago Heights resident was killed Thursday evening when a plane
he was piloting crashed in Noblesville, Ind., a suburb of Indianapolis. Passenger Joseph Neuzerling, 21, of Noblesville, also was killed in the crash. Both were Purdue University students.A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into
the grandstands Friday during a popular annual air show, killing at least three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with body parts and smoking debris.An airplane has crashed near grandstand at Reno Air Races in Nevada, local TV reported Friday.
It has been confirmed the Unlimited P51 mustang plane "Galloping Ghost" piloted by Jimmy Leeward from Florida has gone into the stands during Race 77, KRNV news said. But it wasn't immediately known if there were deaths or injuries.
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