A small plane crashed in or near spectators at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev., creating a “mass casualty situation,” a race spokesman told The Associated Press.
There was an unconfirmed count of 12 people dead and 30 injured, ABC News affiliate KOLO in Reno reported.
Pilot Jimmy Leeword crashed into a box seat area as he flew a P-51 Mustang called the Galloping Ghost at 4:30 p.m. local time, the AP reported.
Video of the crash showed the plane suddenly lurching vertically into the air and then coming down in an area containing spectators.
The AP cited video that showed bodies and wreckage at the front of the stands.
A local hospital was in “code triage” and told to expect 80 to 1oo people, KOLO reported.
via abcnews.go.com
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