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OSHKOSH (WXOW/AP) - NASCAR team owner Jack Roush is OK after he was involved in a plane crash in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith tells The Associated Press.
Smith didn't immediately have additional details of the crash. Roush, an aviation buff, was expected to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week.
It is the second close call for Roush, who crashed a plane into a pond in Alabama in 2002 and was rescued by an ex-Marine who lived nearby.
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This is the statement from the EAA posted on its website:
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - (July 27, 2010) - At approximately 6:15 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, a Beechcraft Premier business jet registered to Roush Fenway Racing, LLC, was involved in a landing accident on Runway 18 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
The National Transportation Safety Board and Winnebago County Sheriff's Department has confirmed the two occupants on board were Jack Roush of Northville, Mich., and Brenda Strickland of Plymouth, Mich., who each exited the aircraft following the accident. Both were transported to local hospitals, with Roush in serious but stable condition and Strickland with non-life threatening injuries.
The NTSB is leading the investigation into the accident.
