2 dead and 1 injured in Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado
Two people are dead and one is injured after a Civil Air Patrol plane crashed in Colorado on Saturday while on a training mission, officials said.
Two people are dead and one is injured after a Civil Air Patrol plane crashed in Colorado on Saturday while on a training mission, officials said.
The crash on Storm Mountain, about 80 miles north of Denver, was reported shortly after 11 a.m., the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Saturday night.
Responding deputies found all three people who were on board, with two later confirmed dead, it said.
The plane, out of the Thompson Valley Composite Squadron, crashed in Larimer County while on a routine training mission that included aerial photography, the sheriff’s office said.
Gov. Jared Polis identified the deceased as pilot Susan Wolber and aerial photographer Jay Rhoten. The person who was injured was identified as the co-pilot.
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