2 killed in crash of small airplane
A 73-year-old man and his teenage stepson were killed when their single-engine Piper aircraft crashed in a remote area of Kern County, sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
Pilot Richard Smith and Kyle Runciman, 16, both of Fresno, were found dead at the site of the crash in the Tehachapi Mountains, according to a statement released by the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.
They had taken off from Fresno on Wednesday and were flying to Lancaster when their plane crashed about 115 miles north of Los Angeles, Sgt. Ed Komin said.
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