RIP Rally champ Colin McRae (UPDATED 0921 EDT)

[2muchcoffeeman]

The UK's Press Association has sent over a story confirming the death of Colin McRae, his son and two friends in the helicopter crash.

Rally driver Colin McRae and two children - one his five-year-old son - died in the helicopter crash near his country home, police said.

Strathclyde Police said they now know the 39-year-old former world champion, his son Johnny, and two family friends died in the aircraft which burst into flames in Lanark, Scotland, on Saturday afternoon.

The other victims were named as six-year-old Ben Porcelli, of Lanark, and Graeme Duncan, 37, who lived in France.

The Twin Squirrel helicopter which McRae owned came down about 4.10pm, bursting into flames and starting a massive fire.

It was returning to McRae's home at Jerviswood from a nearby visit to the village of Quarter when the aircraft got into difficulty, police said.

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jBOd2QjSS7jWGrciZuD-NG5MtZzw

Original:

Former world rally champion Colin McRae is believed to have been killed along with three others in a helicopter crash near his home in Lanarkshire.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6997134.stm

 

[Mayfly]

Re: Rally champ Colin McRae believed dead

Why do the good die young?

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Re: Rally champ Colin McRae believed dead

Jesus, that's terrible.

The number of drivers killed in plane/helicopter crashes is unbelievable.