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Police Beat
Four Die in Levy County
Plane Crash
From Williston PD
Antique Cessna plane crashes
on takeoff in Williston
According to a presss release
by the Willison Police Department at
4:04 pm, Sunday afternoon, April
16, the agency received a report, ear-
lier in the afternoon at 1:12 pm, of
an airplane crash that had occurred
at the Williston Airport. Police offi-
cers, Williston Fire Rescue and Levy
County EMS located the crash at the
tree line on the north side of the taxi-
way, at the easternmost portion of the
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown rescued two people from a single-engine airplane that crashed on April 19, into the water
airport. Amongst the wreckage, first
near the boat ramp at the end of CR 40 in Yankeetown, an area where the Withlacoochee River terminates into the Gulf of Mexico. (UCSG photo
responders found that all four of the
2 Homosassa
taken by Petty Officer 1st Class Jason M. Andrade, April 20). See related photo on page 12.
passengers were deceased. The plane
Two People Rescued by Coast Guard
is a 1948 Cessna 170 "tail dragger,"
Women Killed
registered in Texas.
After Plane Crashes Into Gulf
Representatives from the
Federal Aviation Administration
in Traffic Crash
From USCG
(FAA) and the National Transporta-
tion Safety Board (NTSB) will be
YANKEETOWN - The U.S. Coast Guard
had crashed near the boat ramp at the end
the responsible for the investigation
rescued two people Wed. evening, April 19,
of County Road 40 in Yankeetown, FL. The
From FHP
into the crash. According to reports,
after their plane crashed into the water near
Federal Aviation Administration, which is
A traffic crash in Chiefland, Friday,
the crash occurred on Saturday after-
Yankeetown, FL, an area where the Withla-
investigating the incident, reported that the
April 14, took the life of two Homosassa
coochee River terminates into the Gulf of
plane was experiencing engine problems be-
noon and wasn t noticed until Sun-
women and seriously injured the two other
Mexico.
fore it crashed.
day afternoon, even though 20 to
passengers, ages 9 and 17. The crash oc-
Rescued was the pilot, a 19 year-
A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-
30 other aircrafts toook off from the
curred at 11:05 am at the intersection of CR
old male from Longwood, FL, and his 18
Shallow Water (SPC-SW ) boat crew from
345 and CR 320.
airport after the crash, and the plane
year-old female passenger from Cape Coral,
Coast Guard Station Yankeetown was
The Florida Highway Patrol press
was equipped with an emergency
FL, who were enroute from Cedar Key to
launched and arrived on scene at 9:21 pm
release stated that Jakob Allen Johnson, 17,
locator transmitter that should have
the Orlando/Sanford International Airport
to find the two, on top of the plane, in ap-
Bronson, was driving a 2000 Honda Civic,
been noticed by other pilots.
when the airplane crashed.
proximately 2-feet of water. The two were
traveling east on CR 320, while Jessica Lea
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rescued by the boat crew and transported
Raquet, 32, Homosassa, was driving a 2008
Sector St. Petersburg received notification
to Coast Guard Station Yankeetown where
Toyota Corolla, traveling north on CR 345.
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from Levy County dispatch, at 8:48 pm, that
emergency medical services (EMS) was
The release stated that the Civic traveled
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a single-engine plane carrying two people
waiting. No injuries were reported.
past the stop sign, into the intersection, and
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struck the drivers side of the Corolla with its
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front. After impact, the Honda Civic came to
noon at the Inglis Food Ranch service Desk.
rest, against a tree, facing north. The Toyota
Cash or Check.
Continued on page 11 - Fatal Crash
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