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Transport Canada Investigating

One dead, another injured in small plane crash northeast of Lacombe

Oct 10, 2021 | 12:36 PM

One person is dead and another injured after a small plane crash northeast of Lacombe Saturday afternoon.

On Oct. 9, at approximately 4:45 pm, Blackfalds RCMP responded to a distress beacon from an aircraft.

Mounties say a downed plane was located in a remote and rural area, near the intersection of Range Road 241 and Township Road 412 (Gadsby Lake Rd), northwest of Tees.

Police say there were two occupants of the small plane. The male pilot was located deceased at the scene.

The adult male passenger, meanwhile, was extracted from the wreckage and transferred in critical condition to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, according to officials with STARS air ambulance.

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RCMP say the identities of both individuals are not being released at this time due to next of kin notification.

Transport Canada is currently investigating the plane crash, and it remains ongoing.

by rdnewsNOW Staff

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