Four Killed In Plane Crash In Algonquin Park
Posted October 11, 2009 1:08 pm.
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Four people have died after a plane crash in Algonquin Park, about an hour south of North Bay.
The Piper PA-28 left Kingston at 4:30pm Saturday and was en route to Sudbury at the time. When it hadn’t arrived at 10:30pm, four hours behind schedule, relatives in Sudbury called local police, who then contacted the OPP.
At about 3:30am Sunday, search and rescue crews found the wreckage on Devine Lake in a remote area of Algonquin Park. The plane had reportedly hit a tree and broke one of its wings.
A husband and wife, their adult daughter and the daughter’s boyfriend – all from Sudbury – were pronounced dead at the scene. Three of them had been ejected from the plane.
The OPP and the Transport Canada are conducting a joint investigation to determine the cause of the crash.
The victims have been identified as Kevin Houle, his wife Lorraine, their daughter Emily, and Emily’s boyfriend Michael Rollins.
