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Ex-Barboursville police chief IDs crash victims
Comments 0 | Recommend 0KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) - A former police chief of Barboursville says the two people killed in a plane crash near Tri-State Airport were his brother-in-law and nephew.
Ex-Chief Alan Meek identified the victims as Michael Land and his son Andrew and says they were from western Michigan.
The Lands died when their single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from Tri-State about 1 p.m. Sunday.
The National Transportation Safety Board says a Miami-based investigator is expected to reach the crash scene, a remote area about 4 miles south of Tri-State, on Monday night.
NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson says the pilot was in contact with air traffic controllers before the crash.
The NTSB plans a press conference at 4 p.m. Monday at Tri-State.
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