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Donald J. "D.J." Fischer, 30, Brent Beitelspacher, 27, Logan Rau, 25, Nick Reimann, 33, killed, after their single-engine aircraft crashes into a wind turbine in heavy fog, at the South Dakota Wind Energy Center near Highmore.

Date: 
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Area: 
Sioux Falls, SD
Three South Dakota cattlemen and a former star Gettysburg athlete were killed in a plane crash late Sunday night near Highmore. The plane encountered heavy fog and crashed into a wind turbine, officials said Monday. Killed were: • Brent Beitelspacher, who would have turned 38 on Monday, of Bowdle. • Logan Rau, 25, of Java. • Donald “D.J.” Fischer, 30, of Gettysburg. • Nick Reimann, 33, of Ree Heights.