liz: now to the terrifying tragedy at a michigan airshow. you can see that huge ball of flame a reps during a stunt. >> this morning, police have identified the man who died after a large explosion during the pyrotechnic portion of a michigan airshow. authorities say 40-year-old chris darnell was driving this truck racing to low-flying planes at the battle creek field of flight airshow. it's one of the largest airshows in the country, known for its high-speed speed and death-defying stunts. the show's website advertising the shockwave as the world's only triple jet engine truck. he was traveling at speeds over 300 miles an hour down the runway before witnesses say parts of his truck, which was carrying an aircraft, began flying off. >> he didn't understand what happened when he first watched it but once you realize, it you knew it wasn't going to be good. >> elizabeth matthews was there and was caught off guard. >> he spun in circles and rolled and then where he landed, it caught fire. >> a massive fireball appears to cause the truck itself

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michigan. that truck was part of an airshow actor. raise down on one runway, trying to beat two planes flying over it. the truck had three jet engines and could go 350 miles an hour. the truck flipped over onto the runway shortly after a plant explosion on that runway. no one else was hurt, and the rest of the day's performances were canceled. the battle creek police department is investigating because the planes were not involved in that crash. 8 45 year time on the coronavirus front on this sunday morning, the growing dominance of the two new oh macron sub variances, reportedly prolonging a wave. of covid cases across california b a four b a five now believed to be responsible for most of the new infections nationwide. doctors say the strains are concerning because they're not only contagious, but they're capable of re infecting people who battled an earlier variant of the omicron health officials say in the coming weeks, we could see significant spread of the virus. and an increase in hospitalizations. meanwhile the fda is recommen

airshow. prescilla thps hos the details. >> overnight honoring chris darnell who died during a fiery stunt in battle creek, michigan, over thetching first in amazement. then horror as darnell's fuel truck emerged from behind a ball of fire and flipped several times before erupting in flames. >> at what point did you realize something had gone terribly wrong. >> when he was rolling anz pieces of truck were flying all over. >> the audience stunned. >> a lot of feel dpasped. some people started praying. >> the truck raetzing more than 300 miles per hour had a tire blow out the family said. they say that caused the car to skid. and the gas tanks to burst. it ignited the blaze. >> we watched him perform over and over and over. his whole family. and never seen anything out here like that. just don't expect that. >> darnell's two daughters were at the show when the fatal accident happened. he had been driving the flaming trucks for decades. and celebrated his 40th birthday just last month. we're so sad, darnell's father shared in a facebook post. he was so well loved by everyone who knew him. chris so loved the airshow business. he