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US race car driver and television personality Jessi Combs has been killed in a crash while attempting to set a new land speed record. Combs' family confirmed that she had died in a crash in a jet ...

Jessi Combs died in a crash after attempting to break the land-speed record in the Alvord Desert, Oregon, on 27 August 2019. Her jet-powered car clocked a record speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 km/ph).

TV host and race car driver Jessi Combs had died in a car crash at the age of 36. Jessi had been attempting to break her own land-speed record when tragedy occurred, a spokesperson for her family ...