Two people killed, after their small aircraft, traveling from Akron Ohio, to Spartenburg South Carolina, crashes outside Riverside in Kanawho County, West Virginia.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:29am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Victims identified in fatal Kanawha County plane crash.

Two people are dead following a plane crash Friday evening in Kanawha County.

Two Dead in Small Plane Crash in Kanawha County.

Crews on the scene of a small plane crash in Kanawha County confirm two people on board have died..

2 fatalities reported in small plane crash in Eastern Kanawha County.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a statement regarding a plane crash that occurred in the Riverside area of Kanawha County, WV.

Two dead after small plane headed to Upstate crashes.

A small plane headed towards the Upstate crashed in the mountains of West Virginia killing both people on board.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a statement regarding a plane crash that occurred in the Riverside area of Kanawha County, WV.

"This is preliminary information about a Piper PA-32 aircraft that apparently crashed in eastern Kanawha Co., WV at about 4 p.m. EDT.

The flight departed Akron Fulton Intl. Airport in Ohio and was destined for Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport in SC. Two persons were on board.

The FAA will release or confirm the aircraft N-number after local authorities confirm the status of the two occupants and release their names. We will update this statement when we get new information." said the FAA.

Investigators from the FAA will arrive in town around 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 to examine the wreckage from the crash that killed two people.

UPDATE: The two victims of this aircraft accident have been identified as Lazarus Enoch Sommers, 50, and Maryann Sommers, a married couple from Millersburg, Ohio.

People Involved: 
Maryann Sommers
Lazarus Enoch Sommers
Roadway: 
Unknown

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