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Killed in this crash. that is not hard to believe given the footage that we have of the actual impact. in term of other people killed on the ground, northern nevada medical center in sparks, nevada, sparks, nevada, being a community near reno, they received eight patients injured from the crash. five of the eight people they received are in serious condition. three of them are in good condition. there are two other area hospitals. there are patients receiving patients from the airfield. i don t have word from st. mary s regional medical if they have in fact put out a patient statementment we do know from renoun that within the last hour is that two people who they were treating for injuries as a result of this crash have died of the 22 patients that renoun is treating, they say that nine of those 22 are in critical condition. that is what we know right now. but on the scene is mckenzie warren. she is with our nbc affiliate in ....
Where the spectator sit or they re going to move the racecourse out which won t make it enjoyable for spectators. or, two, they may just stop the program altogether. greg fith, invaluable insight to you have here about us tonight, greg. thank you so much for your team. again, we ve been told that there were multiple faa inspectors on site at the time when this plane crash occurred at the reno air races. we re told the ntsb, their investigators will be arriving in the morning to piece this together. we re awaiting a press conference from the site of this crash tonight. joining us now is mckenzie warren from krnb, our nbc affiliate in reno who was an eyewitness to this incident. we spoke with northern nevada medical center in sparks, nevada, saying they have seen nine patients. they ve got five in serious condition. renoun health centers is two people who came to that center ....
airplanes since the mid 1970s. there s no word yet on why exactly this plane went down or perhaps more importantly now exactly how many people have been injured in this incident. medical officials say that 40 people, 40 people have been taken to local hospitals by ambulance and at least one person has been flown to a hospital. joining us now on the phone is reporter andrew greco from our reno affiliate krnv tv. you heard what i just said about what we know there. do you have additional information about the extent of the injuries and what happened here? well, rachel, i can tell you right now i m looking at i d say three or four dozen people, these are people from the media, these are also some of the plane enthusiasts, some who have been here at the reno national championship area. looking at people really from different law agencies. we are standing by for a news conference that s going to happen any minute now. so we should get some more concrete information i would ....
good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday. i m liester holt. i m amy robach. we ll get to ann curry in a moment in iran, but let s first get to the deadly plane crash in reno. a vintage world war ii fighter plane plunged from the sky into the main grandstand. part of an air race. a p-51 mustang moments before impact. another photo suggests that perhaps what went wrong. being blown by this man, a veteran hollywood sfunt pilot. george lewis is in reno with the latest on the deadly crash. good morning. reporter: good morning, lester. a go-team from the national transportation safety board is headed to reno in morning to begin investigating the causes of this tragedy that took the life of the pilot and two others on the ground, and sent more than 50 others to the hospital. the moment of the crash was captured on video. the camera picks up other planes racing by the stands at low altitude and then one aircraft plunges into the ground near the end of th ....
grant stand. jeff martinez, kntv weather man, told the press he saw the plane veer to the right and auguered into the ground. the pilot was 80-year-old jimmy lee ward. this is his picture from his facebook page. krnv reports he s 80 years old and from florida. this is him flying the plane while qualifying for the air races. page says he d been racing airplanes since the mid 1970s. there s no word yet on why exactly this plane went down or perhaps more importantly now exactly how many people have been injured in this incident. medical officials say that 40 people, 40 people have been taken to local hospitals by ambulance and at least one person has been flown to a hospital. joining us now on the phone is reporter andrew greco from our reno affiliate krnv tv. you heard what i just said about what we know there. do you have additional information about the extent of the injuries and what happened here? well, rachel, i can tell you right now i m looking at i d say three o ....