Two Killed In Small Plane Crash In Marietta, Ohio

October 18, 2022 11:49 am

MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) – A small plane has crashed into a car dealership parking lot near the border of Ohio and West Virginia, killing two people on board and sparking a large fire. The crash of the the 1974 Beechcraft Air King E90 in Marietta, Ohio, was reported about 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the pilot and another person on board were killed, but no one on the ground was injured. The plane had apparently departed about 30 minutes earlier from John Glenn International Airport in Ohio, but it wasn’t immediately clear where it was headed. Authorities say the two victims – a West Virginia man and an Ohio man – were the only people in the plane.