Colin Mcrae Dead?

[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

I hope he wasnt on board but my guess is that he was //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

A helicopter that crashed in rural Scotland today was registered to rally driver Colin McRae, it has been revealed.Strathclyde Police said there were no survivors after the aircraft came down near Lanark this afternoon.
It is not known whether the former world rally champion, who has a pilot's licence, was on board.

Police have said extensive damage was done to the twin squirrel helicopter and they were not immediately able to confirm how many people had been travelling in the craft.

There will be no formal identification of any victims this evening.

The air accident investigation team are en route to establish the cause of the crash.

The Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed that its own helicopter was despatched to the scene along with three ambulance crews and units from Strathclyde Fire Brigade.

Sky Correspondent James Matthews said: "My understanding is that the helicopter involved is registered to Colin McRae, the former world rally champion former world rally champion.

"He lives on an estate where this crash took place, the Jervis Wood estate just outside Lanark in the central belt of Scotland.

"All police will say it that they are in touch with the family to try to establish the identity of those on board the helicopter."

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[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

read him and his 5 year old kid was onboard... sucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

No, there's no ****ing way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

holy crap that sucks...

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

I dont even know who he is.

But that still sucks to see that his son was on board.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I dont even know who he is.
But that still sucks to see that his son was on board.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif Michael Jordan is the Colin McRae of basketball.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif Michael Jordan is the Colin McRae of basketball.

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i ****ing love ralley racing. one of the only real types of racing IMHO.

shitty balls man, that sucks big time.

but yes, pvaudio put it best.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

its official...sort of...first they say hes dead...then they say its "believed" he was on board.

September 16, 2007Rally champion Colin McRae dies with son in helicopter crash

Tom Gordon for The Sunday Times

THE former rally driving champion Colin McRae was killed and his five year-old son feared dead in a helicopter crash yesterday afternoon. The aircraft came down in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire, half a mile from the family's home and burst into flames just after 4pm.

Jean-Eric Freudiger, McRae's agent, said the 39-year-old driver had been piloting the helicopter himself. Also on board were believed to be his son Johnny, another adult - said by locals to be a school friend of McRae - and another child. McRae's wife Alison and their daughter Hollie, 9, were not on board, friends said.

Strathclyde police said in a statement: "Four people were onboard the helicopter," adding "The bodies were found within the helicopter which is owned by Mr Colin McRae of Jerviswood House, Lanark. It is believed he was onboard the helicopter."

McRae became Britain's first World Rally champion in 1995. He was one of the country's most successful sportsmen, achieving 25 wins in World Rally events and 42 podium places. He was a flamboyant driver, inspiring one the world's best-selling computer rally games.

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The helicopter came down within half a mile of McRae's 16th-century home, which has an adjacent helipad. The weather had been overcast, with southwesterly winds gusting to 30 knots and good visibility.

Officers with dogs and torches continued to comb the woodland near the crash into the night.

McRae's wife, a childhood sweetheart and his former co-driver, was taken back to the house under police escort shortly after 6pm.

McRae's friend the rally journalist Jeremy Hart, who flew with him several times, described him as a "very good, very measured pilot".

"Colin regularly flew all over the UK and into Europe," said Hart. "He knew the terrain and conditions at Jerviswood very well.

"As a sportsman he was a true hero. As a driver Colin was misunderstood slightly as being reckless but everything you saw with him came from pure raw talent as opposed to being learnt. He was the Michael Schumacher of rally driving.

"It's so ironic that he should die in a helicopter crash when he had competed and had brushed with death so many times as a rally driver."

Additional reporting: Paul Lamarra

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Oh man, I hope it's not true. Colin is a rally racing god!

 

[crow 10+ year member]

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

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[wErd 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif Michael Jordan is the Colin McRae of basketball.

close....

Colin McRae is the Michael Jordan of rally racing.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

close....
Colin McRae is the Michael Jordan of rally racing.

wrong. Michael Jordan is the Colin McCrae of basketball.

this sucks if its true. i loved watching him race.

 

[wErd 5,000+ posts]

wrong. Michael Jordan is the Colin McCrae of basketball.
this sucks if its true. i loved watching him race.

how do you figure? colin mcrae didnt play basketball

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

how do you figure? colin mcrae didnt play basketball

jordan didn rally race

they both mean the same thing just phrased different