the division of joy Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Colin McRae, scottish rally driver and former world rally champion has reportedly been involved in a helicopter crash along with his 5 year old son... No survivors in helicopter crash By Biranit Goren Saturday, September 15th 2007, 19:50 GMT Strathclyde police have confirmed that there are no survivors in the crash involving Colin McRae's helicopter but said the fatalities will not be formally identified today. According to reports, two people have been killed when the helicopter burst into flames and crashed in McRae's estate at Jerviswood, Lanarkshire, in Scotland. "Around 1610 hours on Saturday, 15 September 2007, emergency services were called to a helicopter crash in Jerviswood, east of the A73 at Lanark," the police said in a statement. "There are no survivors. "It is not known how many people were on board at this time and there will be no formal identification of anyone on board this evening. "The air accident investigation team are en route to establish the cause of the crash." If its true, its a huge loss for the rally world, and an absolute shame, he was a great driver and personality.
the division of joy Posted September 16, 2007 Author Posted September 16, 2007 Because he's a rally driver? Its not exactly something for politics.
soldier of fortune Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Even so this is indeed sad, and shocking news. i'd just downloaded the Demo of DIRT on my ps3! RIP Colin...
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