A business jet crash in North Carolina killed all seven people aboard on Thursday (December 18, 2025), including a retired race car driver and his family, authorities and NASCAR race officials said.
"There was a total of seven on board, all killed," Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell told AFP.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the plane had just taken off when it turned back to land before crashing.
The jet left from Statesville airport, north of the city of Charlotte.
Among those killed was retired NASCAR racing driver Greg Biffle, NASCAR confirmed.
