Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hospitalized After Plane Crash
NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife and daughter are in the hospital after their plane crashed in Tennessee today.
Per Earnhardt Jr.’s sister:
“I can confirm Dale, Amy & Isla along with his two pilots were involved in a crash in Bristol TN this afternoon. Everyone is safe and has been taken to the hospital for further evaluation. We have no further information at this time. Thank you for your understanding,” Kelley Earnhardt wrote in a tweet. Amy is Dale’s wife, and Isla is their 1-year-old daughter.
The plane was a small plane that was registered to Earnhardt Jr.’s race team. The plane ran off the end of the runway and caught fire near Elizabethon Municipal Airport, located in Carter County, Tennessee.