Former NASCAR driver and family among 7 dead in plane crash
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Biffle, his family and three others all died when the Cessna C550 jet they were on experienced engine problems and crashed just shy of the runway at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina
The crash at Statesville Regional Airport killed popular NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife and two kids, and three other people.
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