JUNE 12, 2015
HUGGINS, MO. (AP)
Authorities say a mother and father and two of their
children have died and another child was hurt when a small plane crashed while
taking off from a grass airstrip in southwest Missouri.
Texas County Coroner Tom Whittaker says the crash happened
between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. Friday in a rural area near the town of Huggins.
The wreckage was at the end of a private runway.
Whittaker declined to release the names or ages of the
victims, but said the two youngest victims were a boy and a girl. He said he
didn’t have any details about the child who survived.
FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro identified the crashed plane as
a Beechcraft A-36. He said the FAA was headed to the scene to begin an
investigation.