Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Family In Fiery Plane Crash, All OK

From News5 Nashville:

Nascar legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife are OK after the plane they were flying in crashed in East Tennessee.

The private plane crashed at the Elizabethton Airport Thursday afternoon.

Airport Manager Dan Cogan said it ran off the end of the runway and caught fire.

Elizabethton Fire Chief Barry Carrier said all of the passengers were able to get out safely including Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife.

Sounds like some people have been taken to the hospital but thankfully everyone is ok right now. Especially scary considering his wife, Amy, and 1-year-old daughter were on board.

I’ve gotten into the NASCAR scene this year & it’s like an enormous family, and have to admit my heart stopped when I saw this cross my Twitter feed. All I could see was the first photo of the plane & hate to say it but my initial thought was that it was going to be bad news. Glad I was wrong. Whew.