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Terre Haute woman identified as 2nd plane crash victim

Posted June 15, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

ROCKVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Authorities in western Indiana have identified the second person who died in a small plane crash.

Parke County officials tell the Terre Haute Tribune-Star (http://bit.ly/1OpbTvU ) that 39-year-old Kimberly D. Heald-Chaplin of Terre Haute was a passenger in the single-engine Cessna 150 airplane that crashed after takeoff Monday from a private airport south of Rockville.

The other victim, 44-year-old pilot Kurt Waugh of Rockville, was positively identified Tuesday during an autopsy at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.

The crash about 60 miles west of Indianapolis remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration.

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Information from: Tribune-Star, http://www.tribstar.com

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