A single-engine plane crashed at a California racing facility on Sunday, injuring at least three people and interrupting a drag racing competition.
The crash was reported at the Pomona Dragstrip shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday. The venue was hosting the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Drag Racing finals at the time.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department reported the incident on X, noting that at least three people received “moderate to severe injuries.”
“At 11:10 AM #LACoFD units responded to a single engine plane down,” the social media post states. “3 passengers transported to local area hospitals with moderate to severe injuries.”
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At least three people were injured in a plane crash near the Pomona Dragstrip in California on Sunday.(JerryJordan_KTT via X)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed the plane crash to Fox News Digital, noting that the aircraft hit two vehicles on its way down.
“A single-engine Piper PA-32 crashed near La Verne, California, around 11:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 17,” the FAA said. “The aircraft struck two vehicles.”
“The number of people on board is unknown,” the statement added. “The FAA will investigate.”
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Officials said the aircraft hit two vehicles.(JerryJordan_KTT via X)
Pictures from the scene show several first responders working near the plane. The plane crushed a white truck during the crash, and the damaged vehicle was just a few feet away from the wrecked plane.
The racing finals were paused as a result of the incident, but the NHRA later said on Facebook that racing resumed at 1 p.m. local time.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for more information.
The crash interrupted the NHRA finals, which later resumed.(Mighty Mack via YouTube)
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Authorities are investigating the incident. No additional details are known at this time.
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Pomona is about 30 miles east of Los Angeles.
Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
President Biden supporters wave a sign supporting abortion rights at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida during a rally on April 23, 2024. A Wyoming judge struck down that state’s abortion restrictions on Monday. File Photo by Steve Nesius/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 19 (UPI) — A county district judge in Wyoming blocked two state laws that limited abortion access, ruling that they violated the state’s constitution.
Teton County Judge Melissa Owens said the laws — Wyoming’s Life Act and the Medication Abortion Ban — violated a woman’s personal autonomy in making her own medical decisions.
In her ruling, Owens said that Wyoming state legislators had “enacted laws that impede the fundamental right to make health care decisions for an entire class of people, pregnant women.”
She went on to describe the laws, which restrict abortions at the earliest stages of development, did not distinguish between pre-viable and viable fetuses, imposing “unreasonable and unnecessary” restrictions.
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Owens had already blocked the laws from going into effect after they were passed last year while court cases challenging the provisions played out in court. The laws are permanently banned, but the state is expected to appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Jay Jerde, a state special assistant attorney general, told the court last year that Wyoming’s constitutional amendment does not apply to abortions but addresses women’s health in illness. Jerde said the woman is making decisions about her health and the health of the fetus.
But Owens rejected the premise, saying that the “uncontested facts establish that the abortion statutes fail to accomplish any of the asserted interests by the state.
“The state did not present any evidence refuting or challenging the extensive medical testimony presented by the plaintiffs,” she said.
In the second half at Sunday’s Broncos game, a rookie running back momentarily took all of the Denver crowd’s breath away. Audric Estimé caught a pass thrown by fellow rookie Bo Nix and hurdled an Atlanta Falcons defender, but the play got called back because of a penalty.
Cornerback Clark Phillips III came in low to try to tackle Estimé, who had the ball tucked in his left arm, and Estimé jumped high in the air and floated right over Phillips. Another Falcons defender then tackled him as he was returning to Earth.
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See the play below:
The play got called back because of an unnecessary roughness penalty on a Broncos offensive lineman.
On Xfinity Monday Live, CBS Colorado host Romi Bean joked that he should be called “Air Estimé.” She asked him if he knew ahead of time that he was going to make his stunning leap.
“No I did not,” Estimé said. “It was kind of just like a reaction, honestly.”
“I saw (Phillips) kind of put his head down and close his eyes and that’s something I kind of did in college and I was like ‘This is my opportunity to do it,’” said Estimé, who played for Notre Dame in college.
“Have you always had hops?” Bean asked.
“I’d say so. I played basketball. I was grabbing rim in eighth grade,” he said. “I had pretty good vertical … like 30 and a half.”
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Bean asked Estimé if he might flash the hurdle again in an upcoming game.
“We’ll see. I just can’t be doing it too much,” Estimé said.
Estime saw his first NFL action in Week 1 against the Seahawks, but he wound up with an ankle injury and missed several games after that while he was on IR. It’s only in recent weeks that he has started to get more work in the Broncos backfield. He had 14 carries for 53 yards against the Chiefs, and on Sunday he had 6 rushes for 16 yards plus three catches for 9 yards. And after an early fumble, he has been more cautious with the football.
“Once you change your perspective of what that ball represents, you kind of hold it differently,” he said. “Coach (Sean) Payton really told me like, this ball represents everyone’s dreams. Thinking of it, it’s like something I’ve done my whole life. And playing at the highest level is my dream, and carrying that ball my whole life is what got me there. So I just, no matter what, I just have to hold onto it.
“Ball security trumps yards, and I have to just keep improving and I believe I will.”
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Estimé and the Broncos are now preparing for the Las Vegas Raiders. You can watch the game on Sunday afternoon on CBS Colorado.
Jesse Sarles
Jesse Sarles manages the web content and website operations for CBS Colorado. He writes articles about Colorado news and sports in and around the Denver area.