Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Semiretired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family escaped with minor injuries after their private plane ran off the runway and caught fire Thursday at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Tennessee.
Earnhardt suffered only minor cuts and abrasions during the accident. His wife, along with their 1-year-old daughter, family dog and two pilots, also were on the plane, Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford told reporters. No serious injuries were reported.