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Tallahassee Crash Update


What: Single engine Cirrus SR-22 en route from Columbus, Ohio to heading to Tallahassee Regional Airport
Where: two miles short of the runway on Blue Jay Drive
When: left Columbus at approximately 2:59 pm Thursday; crashed into a house 7:17 p.m
Who: Pilot and passenger Donald Hess and his wife, Victoria, were killed; 2 in the house were taken to the hospital with injuries. Hess was co-founder of Amherst Systems and on theboards of several health science companies
Why: Under investigation.

The plane struck two vehicles in the driveway. Under investigation. 50 homes are out of power as a result of the crash. The plane struck a series of power lines prior to crashing into two vehicles parked in a nearby driveway.

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