RIP: Colin McRae dies in helicopter crash

After cheating death countless of times as rally racing’s most exciting driver, we regret to report that Colin McRae, 39, was killed in a helicopter crash with his five year old son and two others.

Some gamers not familiar to the sport McRae dominated in know his name from Codemaster’s racing series, the latest entry of which is Colin McRae: DiRT (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) which recently arrived on the PlayStation 3.

According to Scotland‘s Strathclyde police, four people were onboard the helicopter supposedly piloted by McRae himself. The crash happened near the former rally racer’s home in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire. The bodies were difficult to identify due to heavy burns, but authorities were quite certain that McRae was onboard.

As of now, it is difficult to confirm what went wrong. The weather was fairly good during the day of the incident, and rally journalist Jeremy Hart stated that McRae was a “very good, very measured pilot.” Hart also mentioned that his friend knew the terrain and conditions at Jerviswood very well.

Check out Times Online via Read link below for the full report. Credit goes to Jason Smith for the tip.

After cheating death countless of times as rally racing’s most exciting driver, we regret to report that Colin McRae, 39, was killed in a helicopter crash with his five year old son and two others.

Some gamers not familiar to the sport McRae dominated in know his name from Codemaster’s racing series, the latest entry of which is Colin McRae: DiRT (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) which recently arrived on the PlayStation 3.

According to Scotland‘s Strathclyde police, four people were onboard the helicopter supposedly piloted by McRae himself. The crash happened near the former rally racer’s home in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire. The bodies were difficult to identify due to heavy burns, but authorities were quite certain that McRae was onboard.

As of now, it is difficult to confirm what went wrong. The weather was fairly good during the day of the incident, and rally journalist Jeremy Hart stated that McRae was a “very good, very measured pilot.” Hart also mentioned that his friend knew the terrain and conditions at Jerviswood very well.

Check out Times Online via Read link below for the full report. Credit goes to Jason Smith for the tip.