Four people were killed in a plane crash in Vermont over the weekend, state police said Monday morning.
Vermont State Police said in a release Monday that they have recovered the bodies of four victims following a plane crash in Addison County in the western part of the state. All four were from Connecticut, and they were identified Monday as 55-year-old Paul Pelletier, of Columbia, 88-year-old Frank Rodriguez, of Lebanon, and 51-year-old Susan Van Ness, and her daughter 15-year-old Delilah Van Ness, both of Middletown.
Middletown, Connecticut, police said Monday that Delilah, a sophomore at Middletown High School, was taking flight lessons with Pelletier, who is the school's aviation technology teacher. The school district announced Monday that Middletown High School will be closed Tuesday and all scheduled athletic competitions will be rescheduled. Counseling will be available to students and staff at the high school during normal school hours.
"This unimaginable loss has left a void in our hearts and our community," Middletown School Superintendent Alberto Vázquez Matos said in a statement."Paul, Delilah, and Susan were special individuals whose absence is already being felt throughout our district and city."in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. The privately owned plane landed and the occupants arrived for brunch reservations at Basin Harbor.
Connecticut police notified Vermont State Police of the situation around 10:20 p.m. Sunday. Vermont state troopers responded along with members of the Middlebury Police Department and the Vergennes Fire Department. With the assistance of a police drone, investigators were able to locate the wreckage of the aircraft around 12:20 a.m. Monday in a wooded area just to the east of Basin Harbor Airport.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are leading the crash investigation, while state poice are responsible for the death investigation.
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