Ice Road Truckers star Darrell Ward, 52, and Mark Melotz killed in small-plane crash near Rock Creek Airport in Clinton, Montana
'Ice Road Truckers' star Darrell Ward, co-pilot killed in Montana plane crash
A post on Ward’s Facebook page said he’d just left a show in Dallas and was heading to Missoula, Mont., to begin filming a pilot for a new documentary. Ward, 52, rose to fame on the History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers and had just finished filming for the show’s tenth season.
Montana plane crash kills ‘Ice Road Truckers’ TV show star
Missoula County sheriff’s Capt. Bill Burt says the pilot appeared to be trying to land at a small airstrip when “something went drastically wrong.” Witnesses say the plane went through a stand of trees, hitting some of them.
‘Ice Road Truckers’ star Darrell Ward dies at age 52
Ward was not only well known in the trucking industry, but here in Western Montana. He frequently took jobs hauling heavy equipment to help wildland firefighters. Ward had just been helping with equipment at the Copper King Fire near Thompson Falls earlier this month.
Darrell Ward: ‘Ice Road Truckers’ Star Killed In Plane Crash While Filming Doc
Darrell Ward, 52, took off from Dallas, Texas on August 29, and was en route with his co-pilot,Mark Melotz, to Missoula, Montana when their plane crashed and burst into flames. They were tragically going to Montana to film a documentary-style series about the recovery of plane wrecks.
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