Personal Injury Law

Small Plane Crash in Washington Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

According to authorities, a father and his young son were killed in a single-engine aviation accident in Washington State. The man?s 5-year-old daughter was critically injured.

The Yakima County Coroner?s Office says that the 37-year-old man, from Yakima, Washington, and his 13-year-old son were killed in the crash that occurred Sunday afternoon.

The 5-year-old daughter suffered multiple fractures, as well as head injuries, and was first taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, before being airlifted to a Seattle?s Harborview Medical Center.

The rented plane, a single-engine Cessna, went down near the east end of Rimrock Lake, about 40 miles west of Yakima.

Allen Kenitzer, regional spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, says he isn?t sure of the plane?s destination or point of departure. The tragic crash is being investigated.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).