Five People Killed Near Travolta's Home

Posted Jan 26th 2008 12:25PM by TMZ Staff

A fatal car accident killed five young men on an airstrip located adjacent to the Florida home of John Travolta, TMZ has learned.

The five men were speeding down a runway when their car ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before smashing into a tree early this morning, the AP reports. All five men were pronounced dead at the scene.

The airstrip is located at the exclusive "fly-in" community of Jumbolair Aviation Estates, where John Travolta has a home. The map above, obtained by Ocala.com from the Marion County Property Appraiser's Office, shows how close Travolta's home is to crash scene.

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31. Maybe I should come work for TMZ so I can get some real new stories up. I'm just not getting the point of this post? John Travolta+ a unrelated tragedy= news? HUH? Hmm TMZ... gossip is running dry today eh?

Posted at 2:43PM on Jan 26th 2008 by tb

32. Don't worry, they're all fine. Travolta cured them with some "touch assist".

Posted at 2:43PM on Jan 26th 2008 by Jay

33. HEY! PAGESIX.COM REPORTED THAT CHRISTIAN BRANDO IS DEAD. HE DIES OF PNEUMONIA.

Posted at 2:48PM on Jan 26th 2008 by jollyex

34. And this is on TMZ... why? Unless Travolta is directly involved, it's not really celeb news.

Keep stretching to make your ridiculous connections. You get less and less relevant with every "news story," TMZ.

Posted at 2:48PM on Jan 26th 2008 by HDK

35. nancy
for real?

Posted at 2:50PM on Jan 26th 2008 by stupidity and tragety

36. thank you #3. I agree the subject should be the 5 that died not who lives in the area or their religon.what a sad thing to happen my prayers are with the families

Posted at 2:52PM on Jan 26th 2008 by marygrace

37. how the he3l do you die if pnuemonia in this day in age,heath ledger had it as well,don't know if it killed him as you know,but still how do you die of pnuemonia at 49 years old.

Posted at 2:54PM on Jan 26th 2008 by stupidity and tragety

38. I realize males take longer to mature than females, but 19 is too old to pull a dumb stunt like this. While they certainly didn't get what they deserved, no one deserves a fate like this, they did bring this on themselves. I can imagine the families will hire lawyers who sue the community for not having appropriate warnings on the airstrip or some other such nonsense. I do hope they don't prevail. If anyone is to blame, it is the parents who raised young men whose actions demonstrate a lack of common sense, consideration for other people and other people's property, and personal responsibility.

Posted at 2:54PM on Jan 26th 2008 by Darwin Award

39. I put the link for Brandos death under my name, apparently he died according to the national ledger

Posted at 2:55PM on Jan 26th 2008 by Adrienne

40. stupidity and tragedy

yes for real, check out page six and dlisted

Posted at 2:55PM on Jan 26th 2008 by Nancy

41. At least they were ariborne for 200 feet, after all it was an airstrip. I would say that shows some measure of success.

Posted at 2:58PM on Jan 26th 2008 by E

42. If we cared about Christan Brando, If he was anybody significant other than a junkie and more than likely the murderer of Bonny Lee Bakley, we would look him up.

Posted at 3:03PM on Jan 26th 2008 by Steffo

43. John Travolta, you rawk!!
As for those of you who were speeding....
tsk tsk tsk...

Posted at 3:07PM on Jan 26th 2008 by narf queen

44. did tom cruise pull over to help ?

Posted at 3:08PM on Jan 26th 2008 by bob

45. I just read about this on CNN where they didn't mention John Travolta. They were all teenagers driving a 2008 BMW. My thoughts go out to their families.

Posted at 3:09PM on Jan 26th 2008 by Its Just Me

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