Colin McRae and son die in helicopter crash
Sad news from the Telegraph
Former world rally driving champion Colin McRae and his five-year-old son have been killed in a helicopter crash just 200 yards from his home.
McRae was at the controls of his own Twin Squirrel helicopter on a trip with his son Johnny and two family friends, including another child, when it crashed near his 17th century mansion.
All four died instantly as the aircraft exploded in a fireball after plunging into trees in the Lanarkshire countryside.
The other passengers were six-year-old Ben Porcelli from Lanark, a friend of McRae’s son, and 37-year-old Graeme Duncan, who lives in France and was visiting the family.
The rally driver’s wife Alison and his daughter Hollie, eight, are thought to have been away at a horse riding event at the time.
The accident happened in poor weather, with low clouds and rain, but the cause of the crash is not known.