New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Greg Biffle, a former NASCAR driver, along with his wife and two children were among those killed in a plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday.

The crash took place at the Statesville Regional Airport at around 10.15 am local time on Thursday, when a Cessna C550 plane owned by Biffle's GB Aviation Leasing took off and returned immediately, only to go up in flames.

Immediately after the crash, authorities revealed that several people were feared dead, raising concerns about the former racer and his family.

Shortly after the crash, Biffle's friend and YouTuber Garett Mitchell, better known by his internet name Cleetus McFarland, confirmed on Facebook that the racer and his family had perished.

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