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Docs: Plane crash that killed Scott Bloomquist ruled a suicide
HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The plane crash that resulted in the death of award-winning dirt track race driver Scott Bloomquist has been ruled a suicide, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
On Aug. 16, 2024, a single-engine Piper J3 flown by Bloomquist crashed into a barn near Mooresburg around 7:50 a.m.
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The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be 'Bloomquist's intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.'
Bloomquist, born in Iowa, was a nationally touring Dirt Super Late Model race car driver.
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