Plane Hits, Kills Youth
United Press International
BASTROP, La. —
Crop-duster assistant Estus Turner, 19, waving directions to a duster pilot over a rice field, was killed when the plane swooped too low and hit him in the head, officials said today. The pilot landed safely.
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