Story by the Associated Press; curated by Dave Urbanski
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Officials have tentatively identified two men killed in a small plane crash at a municipal airport in southeastern Massachusetts.
The Bristol County District Attorney's office says 69-year-old John Schmouth, of Brockton, and 61-year-old Roland Deslauriers, of Bridgewater, are believed to have been on board when the plane crashed Sunday morning at Taunton Municipal Airport.
A man photographs what's left of a crashed aircraft at Taunton (Mass.) Municipal Airport, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Authorities say two people were killed in the crash. (Credit: AP)
Schmouth was listed as the pilot.
A spokesman for the prosecutor's office says family members have been notified but the identifications won't be confirmed until autopsies are complete.
Emergency workers place human remains into a Massachusetts medical examiner's vehicle at the site of a small plane crash at Taunton (Mass.) Municipal Airport, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. (Credit: AP)
Authorities say the small plane crashed during takeoff shortly after 6 a.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating along with state and local officials.
Taunton is about 40 miles south of Boston.
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