Retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle and family among seven killed plane crash

Firefighting crews responding to a plane crash at a regional airport in Statesville (WSOC via AP)

Former racing car driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash in North Carolina, state police said.

The business jet erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, about 45 miles north of Charlotte.