in a Sanford neighborhood.Florida Today has confirmed the husband of NASCAR Vice President and International Speedway Corp. President Lesa France Kennedy was one of five people killed in the crash.NASCAR said Dr. Bruce Kennedy, an Ormond Beach plastic surgeon who was piloting the twin-engine Cessna 310, died along with a passenger identified as Michael Klemm, a senior captain with NASCAR Aviation.Law enforcement officials said three people on the ground, including two children, also were killed when the plane crashed about 8:40 a.m., hitting one home, setting a house next door ablaze, destroying both, and damaging a third home.Officials confirmed fatalities in both homes.quot;It is clear that numerous families were affected by this terrible tragedy and unfortunately several people were deceased or seriously injured,quot; a NASCAR statement said. quot;Our deepest sympathies and prayers are with all of those who were involved in this tragic accident and their families.quot; Four people, two adults, a 10-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, were in one of the homes that was hit, authorities said. It was not known if the boy survived, the Associated Press is reporting, and the girl was unaccounted for.Kennedy's death was the second to strike the Frances, NASCAR's founding family in five weeks. Bill France Jr., the eldest son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., and himself a former NASCAR president and chairman, died June 4 at age 74. France's son and Lesa France Kennedy's brother Brian France is chairman and CEO of NASCAR.The Kennedys have one child, a son Benjamin, according to the NASCAR media guide.The plane was registered to Competitor Liason Bureau, Inc. of Daytona Beach, that was bound for Lakeland. It departed from Daytona Beach International Airport at 8:23 a.m.The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and was directed to land at Orlando-Sanford International Airport when it crashed into the homes at 354 and 356 Willowbay Ridge Court in the Preserve at Lake Monroe, a subdivision of new two-story, single-family homes in Seminole County.The subdivision is located north of the airport.NASCAR has been affected by the following recent plane crashes:mdash; October 24, 2004: A plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashes on its way to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, including the son, brother and two nieces of the owner of one of auto racing's most successful teams.mdash; April 19, 2002: NASCAR team owner Jack Roush is critically injured after crashing a small plane into a pond about 100 miles from Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.mdash; July 13, 1993: Davey Allison, NASCAR driver, dies the day after a helicopter he was piloting crashed on the infield at Talladega Superspeedway.mdash; April 1, 1993: Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR's 1992 champion, dies in a crash in Blountville, Tenn. Investigators concluded the accident occurred due to ice./>
