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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AFP)</div><div class='quotemain'><em class="timedate">Sun Sep 16, 7:48 AM[/i] </p>
LONDON (AFP) - Colin McRae, the first Briton to win the world rally championship, was believed Sunday to have been among those killed in a helicopter crash near his home.</p>
The Sunday Times newspaper, citing McRae's agent Jean-Eric Freudiger, said the 39-year-old Scot had been piloting the helicopter himself.</p>
McRae's son Johnny, another adult and another child were also believed to have been on board, according to the weekly paper.</p>
And the rally driver's official website, www.colinmcrae.com, was changed to a black screen on Sunday morning. It was previously filled with information about McRae.</p>
Colin McRae, whose name also adorns a successful range of rallying computer games, was believed to have been among four people killed, police told AFP.</p>
There were "no survivors" in the crash at Jerviswood near the town of Lanark in southern Scotland, Strathclyde Police said.</p>
However, a police spokesman said the bodies were not expected to be formally identified on Sunday.</p>
McRae, a licensed pilot who owns a helicopter, is married to Alison and has two children Hollie and Johnny.</p>
Police did not say who they believed the others killed in the crash were.</p>
"We can now confirm that four people were on board the helicopter which crashed in the wooded area in Lanark at 16:10," a Strathclyde Police spokesman told AFP.</p>
"The bodies were found within the helicopter which is owned by Mr Colin McRae. It is believed he was on board.</div></p>
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AFP)</div><div class='quotemain'><em class="timedate">Sun Sep 16, 7:48 AM[/i] </p>
LONDON (AFP) - Colin McRae, the first Briton to win the world rally championship, was believed Sunday to have been among those killed in a helicopter crash near his home.</p>
The Sunday Times newspaper, citing McRae's agent Jean-Eric Freudiger, said the 39-year-old Scot had been piloting the helicopter himself.</p>
McRae's son Johnny, another adult and another child were also believed to have been on board, according to the weekly paper.</p>
And the rally driver's official website, www.colinmcrae.com, was changed to a black screen on Sunday morning. It was previously filled with information about McRae.</p>
Colin McRae, whose name also adorns a successful range of rallying computer games, was believed to have been among four people killed, police told AFP.</p>
There were "no survivors" in the crash at Jerviswood near the town of Lanark in southern Scotland, Strathclyde Police said.</p>
However, a police spokesman said the bodies were not expected to be formally identified on Sunday.</p>
McRae, a licensed pilot who owns a helicopter, is married to Alison and has two children Hollie and Johnny.</p>
Police did not say who they believed the others killed in the crash were.</p>
"We can now confirm that four people were on board the helicopter which crashed in the wooded area in Lanark at 16:10," a Strathclyde Police spokesman told AFP.</p>
"The bodies were found within the helicopter which is owned by Mr Colin McRae. It is believed he was on board.</div></p>
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