Plane crashes at Kinston drag strip; one dead

By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher

There was a plane crash on Thursday night in North Carolina. The incident happened at Kinston drag strip in Kinston, North Carolina.

There was a fatality. The authorities have said that the pilot did not survive the crash.

“As of right now, we can confirm there is one fatality,” Daniel Chewning, Sandy Bottom Fire Department Fire Chief. “We also confirm that we’re still in a holding pattern until federal agencies have to come in and investigate—The FAA AND NTSB. We’re in a holding pattern until they arrive sometime in the morning. The scene will remain secure by a mix of the fire department and the sheriff’s office.”

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The incident happened around 8:30 pm local time. No one else was on the plane at the time of the crash.

“At approximately 8:30 this evening we were alerted to a plane crash out here at the Kinston Drag Strip,” said Chewning. “We do have trucks on standby any time they are racing so I had an apparatus here that was quick to respond to the scene. “They were racing, the only thing we know as of now, is that a plane came into view and crashed into the drag strip.”

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