10 Killed In Plane Crash Near Moab Utah

10 Killed In Plane Crash Near Moab

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MOAB, Utah (AP) - A twin-engine plane crashed and burned near an airport not far from Arches National Park in southeastern Utah, killing the pilot and nine passengers connected with a group of skin cancer clinics, an official said Saturday. The plane was fully engulfed in flames when emergency responders arrived late Friday at the site about 2 miles from the Canyonlands Field airport, and there were no survivors, Grand County Sheriff James Nyland said.

The victims included the director of a company with dermatology clinics in three states and staff members.

Nyland said the plane had taken off from the airport, about 18 miles northwest of Moab.

Officials were initially responding to a call of a fire in the area. When they arrived on scene they discovered the fire was actually something more.

“In that particular area there is hardly any vegetation, it’s out in the desert, so we got a little bit concerned,” said Sheriff Nyland. “Upon reaching the area, it was discovered that we’d had a plane crash.”


He identified them as pilot David White; Dr. Lansing Ellsworth; David Goddard; Mandy Johnson; Marcie Tillery, 29; Valerie Imlay, 52; Keith Shumway, 29; Dallon Ellsworth, 24; Camie Vigil, 25; and Cecilee Goddard, 25.
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