Pilot dies after crashing his plane into field next to Rag’n’Bone Man’s country home

A PILOT died after crashing his plane into a field next to singer Rag’n’Bone Man’s country home.

The victim’s light aircraft burst into flames about 300 yards from the 35-year-old star’s rural pile.

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Rag’n’Bone Man ‘is lucky to be alive’ after a plane crash near his home[/caption]

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The plane burst into flames 300 yards from the singer’s rural pile[/caption]

Rag’n’Bone Man, real name Rory Graham, is thought to have been home around the time of the crash. A source said: “If it had been a bit closer to the house the outcome doesn’t bear thinking about. There’s no doubt Rag’n’Bone Man had a lucky escape.

 “It happened in a field around the back. It’s a lovely house — quite remote.

“What’s happened is shocking. It’s a tragic situation. Everyone’s devastated for the pilot and his poor family. It’s a rural area. It’s stunned the locals.” Emergency services rushed to the crash scene near Heathfield, East Sussex, on Tuesday morning but the pilot died instantly.

He is yet to be named. Sussex Police said: “His next of kin have been informed.”

Rag’n’Bone man, whose ­single Human was a No2 hit in 2016, was named British Breakthrough Act at the 2017 Brit Awards.

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Emergency services rushed to the scene in East Sussex[/caption]

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