The pilot Jessi Combs died in an accident in the Alvord desert, in Oregon (USA), when she was trying to beat the world speed record on land, as confirmed on Wednesday by the Harney County Sheriff's Office.

"Jessi's most notable dream was to become the fastest woman on earth, a dream she had been pursuing since 2012," the family said in a statement confirming the death of the television presenter in an accident. on Tuesday.

"She was one of the rare dreamers with the courage to turn those possibilities into reality, and left this land driving faster than any other woman in history," the statement said.

A native of Rapid City, in South Dakota, Combs was 36 years old and was the main driver of the North American Eagle racing team.

Combs holds the female speed record in a four-wheel vehicle, with 777 kilometers per hour.

The authorities, who are still studying the causes of the accident in which the pilot was the only one who died, said that his team was testing in a section approximately 8 kilometers from the desert, in southeastern Oregon, and that after the fatal incident It caused a fire.

The objective of the tests, done in an area where many tests and races are done, was to break the speed record on land that was set in the Black Rock desert, in Nevada, in 1997, as well as its own record achieved last year .

Before, in 2013, Combs broke the mark for the first time after reaching 630.69 kilometers per hour, and in 2016 it tried to break its own record and achieved it when it reached 707 km / h.

"It may seem a little crazy to walk directly towards the line of fire, those who are willing are the ones who achieve great things," he wrote recently on his Instagram account. "People say I'm crazy. I say thank you."

The news of his death was confirmed on social networks by Terry Madden , partner and member of the Combs team, who said the pilot died "in a horrible accident" and that he was "the first to arrive" at the scene of the accident.

"We did everything humanly possible to save her," Madden said Wednesday on her Instagram account.

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