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RENO, Nevada (AP) — A World War II era fighter plane plunged into
the grandstands Friday during a popular annual air show, injuring at least 75
spectators and leaving a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage.

It wasn't immediately known if anyone died in the crash but a spokesman for the
event called it a "mass casualty situation." Video showed a chaotic scene with
several people apparently badly wounded.

Stephanie Kruse, a spokeswoman for the Regional Emergency Medical Service
Authority, said 25 people were critically injured and another 25 people were
seriously hurt in the crash. More than 25 more people were treated for minor
injuries, she said.

Kruse said the critically injured were considered to have life-threatening
injuries.

After the crash Sargis went up a few rows into the grandstand to view the downed
plane.

"It appeared to be just pulverized," he said.

Draper identified the pilot of the P-51 Mustang as Jimmy Leeward of Florida.

Leeward is the owner of the Leeward Air Ranch Racing Team and is a well-known
racing pilot. His website says he has flown more than 120 races and served as a
stunt pilot for numerous movies, including "Amelia" and "Cloud Dancer."

In an interview with the Ocala Star-Banner in Florida last year, he described
how he has flown 250 types of planes and has a particular fondness for the P-51.

"They're more fun. More speed, more challenge. Speed, speed and more speed," he
said.

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The plane, flown by an 80-year-old pilot (sic 74), spiraled suddenly out of
control and appeared to disintegrate upon impact. Bloodied bodies were spread
across the area as people tended to the victims and ambulances rushed to the
scene.

Maureen Higgins of Alabama, who has been coming to the show for 16 years, said
the pilot was on his third lap when he lost control.

She was sitting about 30 yards away from the crash and watched in horror as the
man in front of her started bleeding after a piece of debris hit him in the
head.

"I saw body parts and gore like you wouldn't believe it. I'm talking an arm, a
leg," Higgins said "The alive people were missing body parts. I am not kidding
you. It was gore. Unbelievable gore."

Among the dead was pilot Jimmy Leeward, 80, of Ocala, Fla., who flew the P-51
Mustang named the "Galloping Ghost," according to Mike Houghton, president and
CEO of Reno Air Races.

… Tim O'Brien … was photographing the event when he saw the plane pitch violently upward, roll and then head straight down about 100 yards away. … it looked like a piece of the plane's tail called a "trim tab" had fallen off, which is what he thinks caused the plane's sudden climb.