Plane crash kills Illinois State basketball coach Torrey Ward, six others, near Bloomington
Seven people were killed when a small plane crashed near Bloomington, Illinois on Tuesday morning while returning from the NCAA basketball championship game in Indianapolis, a county sheriff has confirmed.
A Federal Aviation Administration official said the twin-engine Cessna C414A took off from Indianapolis airport around 11 p.m. local time. The plane was flying to Bloomington, Illinois and was last in contact with air traffic control in Peoria, Illinois before it crashed near Bloomington.
McLean County Sheriff Jon Sandage said the county coroner pronounced all seven people on board dead. Their identities were being withheld pending family notification.
CBSSports.com is reporting that among those killed was Illinois State assistant basketball coach Torrey Ward.
The father-in-law of one of the occupants told the Chicago Tribune that the plane was returning from the men’s NCAA college basketball championship in Indianapolis.
There was no initial word on what caused the crash, but heavy fog was reported in the area at the time of the crash.
The plane’s wreckage was located in a field around 3:15 a.m. near Illinois Route 9 and County Road 2100 East about two miles east of the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington.
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