Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Household Hospitalized After Fiery Airplane Crash
UPDATE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his household have been discharged from the hospital following Thursday’s aircraft crash.
A spokesperson for NBC Sports activities shared in an announcement, “We’re extremely grateful that Dale, his spouse Amy, daughter Isla, and the 2 pilots are secure following at the moment’s accident. After being discharged from the hospital, we communicated with Dale and his staff, and we’re all in settlement that he ought to take this weekend off to be along with his household. We sit up for having him again within the sales space subsequent month at Darlington.”
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., his spouse Amy and their 1-year-old daughter Isla Rose survived a non-public aircraft crash in Tennessee and have been taken to the hospital for analysis.
Their Cessna Quotation jet rolled off the tip of a runway and caught hearth after touchdown at Elizabethton Municipal Airport on Thursday afternoon, a Federal Aviation Administration official informed E! Information.
“I can verify Dale, Amy & Isla alongside along with his two pilots have been concerned in a crash in Bristol TN this afternoon,” tweeted Earnhardt’s sister, Kelley Earnhardt. “Everyone seems to be secure and has been taken to the hospital for additional analysis. We have now no additional info right now. Thanks in your understanding.”
A police spokesperson confirmed to E! Information that Earnhardt, 44, was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford informed native TV station WJHL that the semi-retired NASCAR inventory race automobile driver suffered cuts and abrasions.
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The spokesperson additionally stated that the household canine was additionally on board, and that first responders discovered that everybody on board was alive.
The crash was captured on digicam by witnesses on the bottom.
The FAA official informed E! Information no accidents have been reported to the group, which is investigating the accident, as is the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
Earnhardt is the son of NASCAR Corridor of Famer Dale Earnhardt Sr., who died at age 49 of accidents sustained in a race automobile crash throughout the 2001 Daytona 500.
—Reporting by Lindsay Good and Spencer Lubitz
(This story was initially revealed Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 2:10 p.m. PST)
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