Car hurtles off runway, killing 5
A car speeding down a private airport runway near Ocala ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before smashing into a tree, killing all five young men in the vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Investigators did not know whether the BMW was alone or was racing another car on the air strip at the exclusive “fly-in” community of Jumbolair Aviation Estates, where pilot-actor John Travolta has a home.
According to the preliminary investigation, the car ran off the 85-foot-high embankment at the end of the runway. When it struck the large tree, the car split in half, scattering wreckage over 200 square feet.
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