Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Family Are ‘Safe’ After Plane Crash

Dale Earnhardt Jr. what's more, Family Are 'Safe' After Plane Crash

The plane, with Earnhardt, his better half and their young daughter ready, moved off a runway close Bristol, Tenn., where NASCAR has a race this end of the week.

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Dale Earnhardt Jr., the resigned NASCAR star, is safe and in a clinic for assessment after his plane crashed in east Tennessee, his sister said on Twitter.

Earnhardt's sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted that Earnhardt; his better half, Amy; and their 15-month-old daughter, Isla, additionally were on the plane alongside two pilots.

"Everybody is safe and has been taken to the clinic for further assessment," she tweeted. "We will have no additional data as of now."

Government Aviation Administration authorities said a Cessna Citation moved off the part of the arrangement and burst into flames in the wake of arriving at Elizabethton Municipal Airport at 3:40 p.m. Thursday. F.A.A. authorities said the primer sign was that two pilots and three travelers were on board.