WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) - The Hamlin County sheriff says a
single-engine plane hit a power line and crashed Saturday in
eastern South Dakota, killing all three people on board.
Sheriff Dan Mack says the crash happened about 9:15 p.m.
near Hayti. The sheriff says the plane was flying at a low altitude
when it hit the power line and crashed into a field.
All three occupants were dead at the scene. The pilot was
identified as 45-year-old Clark Kopman of rural Bryant. Also on
board were Kopman's 11-year-old son, Sawyer, and his 11-year-old
nephew, Stefen Kemppaimen.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
AP-NY-07-03-11 1441EDT
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