Reno air race crash death toll rises to 9
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-19 08:07
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A man looks at candles left outside the main gates of the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday after pilot Jimmy Leeward's plane crashed on Friday, killing at least nine people. Paul Sakuma / Associated Press |
RENO, Nevada - The death toll rose to nine on Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac.
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