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A helicopter registered to McRae crashed on 15 September 2007, which is close to the McRae family home. McRae was known to be a keen helicopter pilot, and his agent Jean-Eric Freudiger has stated that McRae was piloting the helicopter at the time of the crash. Police confirmed the next day that McRae, his five year old son Johnny, and two family friends, Graeme Duncan and Johnny's six year old friend Ben Porcelli, died in the crash. The ColinMcRae.com homepage was removed on the day of his death and replaced with a black screen.
Colin McRae Website wrote:
Regarding yesterday’s helicopter crash at Jerviswood, Lanark, it has now been confirmed that there were four people, two adults and two young children on board.
Although a post mortem has still to take place, the four involved are believed to be:
Mr Colin McRae (39) of Jerviswood House and his son Johnny Gavin McRae, aged 5.
Ben Porcelli (6), of Cleghorn Road, Lanark, who had been over playing with Johnny, and family friend Graeme Duncan (37), of L’Ile Degaillot, Faycelles, France.
Chief Superintendent Tim Love, Divisional Commander, South Lanarkshire Division, said today:
“We believe that the group were just returning from a visit to the nearby village of Quarter around 1605 hours yesterday, when it appears that the helicopter got into difficulty and crashed within the grounds of Mr McRae’s family home.
“Our officers are working closely with the Air Accident Investigation Team who are presently at the scene.
“Family Liaison Officers have been appointed and are with the families to help them through this distressing and difficult time.”
Please note that the families involved are not available for interview and media are asked to respect their privacy at this time.
Since this is a gaming orientated site, this is the trailer for Colin McRae: DiRT the last game in a very successful series.
Colin McRae: DiRT is the sixth series of games based on Colin McRae Rally, developed by Codemasters. It features new graphics, audio, physics engine, new vehicles, and a new game engine which was co-developed between Codemasters and Sony Computer Entertainment. The game features a variety of off road racing categories as well as World Rally Championship style events.
The main series was Colin McRae Rally, Colin McRae Rally is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters for the PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, and N-Gage. The franchise has been a critical and commercial success and is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of realistic rally sports racing games. However, the car handling in the most recent games is best described as arcade.
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Former world rally champion Colin McRae and his five-year-old son were among four people killed in a helicopter crash in Scotland on Saturday, police believe.
So sad to see someone like this be taken away from us. He was a great racing driver and will no doubt be missed by all his fans and people who play his console games.
I was like 'oh my God' when I read the reports....
I will post too show my consideration, though incidentally I was actually logged in on Williams account when I posted the above article, as he had been using the computer
Here is another tribute too Colin McRae I found on Google Video
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