View Graphic Video of Reno Plane Crash

RENO (BNO NEWS) -- Multiple people were killed on late Friday afternoon when a World War II aircraft crashed during the Reno Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport in Nevada, fire officials said.

The accident happened at around 4.30 p.m. local time when a P-51 Mustang known as the Galloping Ghost, being flown by Jimmy Leeward, crashed into a seating area during the air race. Local officials said there were multiple fatalities and critical injuries, but no specific numbers were immediately available.

"It's just like a massacre. It's like a bomb went off," Dr. Gerald Lent, who witnessed the crash, told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "There are people lying all over the runway. One guy was cut in half. There's blood everywhere. There's arms and legs."

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