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Bodies Recovered 5 Days After Ridgeway Reservoir Plane Crash

Ridgeway reservoirSearch teams have finally recovered the bodies of 5 persons who were on board while their single engine plane crashed in the Ridgeway Reservoir Colorado on March 22nd.

The Socata TBM700 crash happened on March 22 when the plane was en route to Montrose regional airport.

The victims have been identifies as Jimmy Hill, 48; Katrina Barksdale, 40; Seth McDuffie, 14; 11 year old Kobe and 8 year old Xander. All the victims were from Gadsden, Alabama.

The plane wreckage was found upside down buried in silt, 60 feet below water level.

The cause of the crash is still unknown.

This post is an update of ‘Single Engine Plane Crashes Near Montrose‘

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