| UPDATE V: "7 victims killed in crash at Nevada air race identified" Link: bit.ly The names of the 7 persons who have been identified are as follows, in alphabetical order: Regina Bynum George Hewitt Wendy Hewitt Jimmy Leeward (pilot) Gregory Morcom Sharon Stewart Joseph Wogan * UPDATE IV: The official death toll has been raised to 9: Link: fxn.ws * UPDATE III: "'It came straight down'" -- witnesses of the crash describe the terrible incident: Link: bit.ly NOTE: The death toll is now (again) being reported as 3 persons, rather than the 12 and 5 figures that were reported earlier. * UPDATE II: Preliminary death toll now has apparently been raised to 5: Link: lat.ms "Official: Plane problems may have caused NV crash" bo.st * UPDATE: It is now being reported that the death toll is only 3, and not 12 as first reported: Link: abcn.ws (AP report referenced below that discusses Leeward's P-51 Mustang plane) Although there are still reports that 12 have died: "Plane Crashes into Spectators at Air Show, 12 Dead, 75 Injured" cour.at * Pilot Jimmy Leeward and at least 2 others are reportedly dead and more than 50 others are apparently injured -- many critically -- following a tragic plane crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. According to the Associated Press (link above), Leeward was piloting a P-51 Mustang similar to the one shown in the video. The nickname of Leeward's craft apparently was the "Galloping Ghost." Read and watch more about this story: YouTube ... |
