Rally champion Colin McRae is believed to have been killed in a helicopter crash near McRae’s house at Jerviswood, near the town of Lanark in southern Scotland.

McRae won the 1995 World Rally Championship and was runner-up in 1996, 1997 and 2001.

McRae and his five year old son, Johnny, are believed to have been killed. Along with them another man and his son who were also found dead in the wreckage.

The wreck of McRae’s Squirrel helicopter (pictured above) was so bad it was initially not known how many people had died in the accident.

McRae, who flew helicopters regularly, is likely to have been piloting the helicopter at the time.

McRae is survived by his wife Alison and his daughter Hollie, 9.

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