NASCAR driver, pilot killed in Connecticut plane crash

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article173792161.html

In this Sept. 16, 2005 file photo, Ted Christopher celebrates his victory in the Busch North Series Sylvania 125 at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H. NASCAR officials say modified championship racer Christopher was one of two people killed when a small plane crashed in Connecticut. The Federal Aviation Administration confirms that two people were aboard a Mooney M20C plane that went down in a wooded area near the North Branford-Guilford border shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. NASCAR says Christopher and the plane’s pilot died. Jon-Pierre Lasseigne, File AP Photo

NORTH BRANFORD, CONN (AP Story ran in the Charlotte Observer.  Please click on the link above for the full story. I will be using the Observer for any NASCAR story. Here is an excerpt below)

Modified championship racer Ted Christopher was one of two people killed when a small plane crashed in the woods in Connecticut on Saturday, NASCAR officials said.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that two people were aboard a Mooney M20C plane that went down near the North Branford-Guilford border shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, but they didn’t release the names of the victims.

 

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