RENO, Nevada — A Lenexa woman is still missing, and her husband, two sons and daughter-in-law all remain hospitalized after the Reno, Nevada, air race crash Friday which killed at least nine people. The Kansas City Star reported Cherie Elvin was at the air show as part of an annual family tradition. She hasn’t been found since the accident.
Her husband, Chuck Elvin, was being treated as were their sons Bill Elvin and Brian Elvin, Brian’s wife, Linda, of Overland Park; During one of races, a modified World War II-era P-51 Mustang flown by air racer and Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward slammed into the ground about 65 feet from a grandstand where thousands were watching. At least 75 people were hospitalized. The Star reported that all four surviving members of the family lost some part of their right legs. Reno is the only air race in the U.S. The crash is the first time spectators had been killed since the races began 47 years ago. Federal investigators returned today to Washington carrying evidence found at the crash site, including what may be videos taken by the doomed aircraft when it plunged into the ground.
Monday, Sept. 19, 1 p.m.
