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Some injured in Reno air show crash are released from hospital

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Many of those injured in the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno improved enough to be discharged from local hospitals on Saturday, according to hospital officials.

Renown Regional Medical Center, the region’s main trauma facility, discharged 14 of the 30 patients who were admitted Friday night after a vintage World War II fighter plane crashed into the stands.

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At Renown’s South Meadows Medical Center, all five of the patients admitted had been sent home by 9 a.m. Saturday. Of those who remained hospitalized, according to Renown’s website, six were in critical condition, two were listed as serious, five as fair and one as good.

On Friday, two of the patients brought to the trauma center died.

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