India, Dec. 19 -- A Cessna C550 owned by Greg Biffle crashed into a fireball at Statesville Airport in North Carolina on Thursday. All seven passengers onboard, including the famed NASCAR driver, his immediate family members and friends, were killed.

According to a joint family statement, Biffle's wife, Christina Grossu, his son, Ryder, his daughter, Emma, whom he shared with his ex-wife, Nicole Lunders, his friends, Craig Wadsworth and Dennis Dutton and his son, Jack Dutton, lost their lives in the plane crash.

Michael Wingo, who witnessed the accident from his front porch near Old Airport Road, recounted the harrowing moment the business jet burst into flames. "I looked over and saw it. When it exploded, I could feel the heat from her...