Ferrari Mailing List: Re: McRae and son killed in crash

[LarryT (l02turner]

I heard it mentioned on the Spa coverage this morning but they made it sound 
like it was unconfirmed whether McRae had been involved.  Then I got away 
from the TV and never saw a confirmation.

Thx for letting us know.  He was so very, very talented. I believe he drove 
at Le Mans and as a guest driver in one or more Carrera Cup races.  Don;t 
know if he was seriously trying other types of racing or if it was just a 
change of pace for him?

Anyway, his talent will be missed - there's nothing else to compare with 
tearing thru the woods in snow and ice with all 4 wheels drifting and 
clawing for grip to show how fast some people reflexes are --

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:24 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] McRae and son killed in crash


> This happened last night. Surprised nobody mentioned it but here it is....
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> Rally driver Colin McRae and two children - one his five-year-old son - 
> died
> in the helicopter crash near his country home, police said.
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> 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.
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> 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.Chief
> Superintendent Tim Love, divisional commander of Strathclyde Police's 
> South
> Lanarkshire Division, said: "We believe that the group were just returning 
> from a
> visit to the nearby village of Quarter around 4.05pm yesterday, when it 
> appears
> that the helicopter got into difficulty and crashed within the grounds of 
> Mr
> McRae's family home."Our officers are working closely with the Air 
> Accident
> Investigation Team who are presently at the scene."Family Liaison Officers 
> have
> been appointed and are with the families to help them through this 
> distressing
> and difficult time."A team of air accident investigators are spending the 
> day
> at the scene examining the wreckage.Strathclyde Police initially said that 
> the
> damage was so bad from the accident that they didn't know how many people 
> were
> on board. A team of around 40 firefighters were at one point dealing with 
> the
> fire from the blast.
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