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Tragic Crash Kills Ontario Family


Pictured: A Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow
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Contact photographer Luc Brousseau

What: Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow en route from Kingston to Sudbury, Ontario
Where: Devine Lake in Algonquin Park
When: Saturday October 10
Who: Pilot Kevin Houle, wife Lorraine Houle, granddaughter Emily and her boyfriend, Michael Rollins
Why: It is speculated that the plane ran into weather as a distress call was heard from the plane, and the weather was rainy and icy at the time.

The plane hit a tree and one of the wings was broken.

The family was killed in the crash.

The plane belonged to Kevin’s company, Tracks & Wheels Equipment Brokers. Kevin had been a pilot for a couple of years.

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