Ohio plane crash which occurred Monday killed four college students, including three members of the varsity wrestling team, from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, said school officials Tuesday. The four deaths from the Ohio plane crash were confirmed by police Monday evening.
According to WKYC-TV, the fatal plane crash in Willougbhy Hills, Ohio involved the deaths of two 18 year olds and two 20 year olds.
The three members of the wrestling team were identified as 20-year-old Lucas Marcelli of Massillon, Ohio, 18-year-old Abraham Pishevar of Rockville, MD and 18-year-old John Hill of St. Simons, GA. The fourth death was of 20-year-old pilot, William Felten of Saginaw, MI.
According to university officials, Hill and Pishevar were freshmen, while Felten and Marcelli were sophomores at the university. Marcelli reportedly qualified for Ohio's state wrestling tournament.
USA Today reports the Ohio plane crash happened near the intersection of Bishop Road and Curtiss Wright Parkway, next to the Lake-Cuyahoga county border.
After the 1999 Cessna Model 172R plane took off, moments later, at around 10 p.m., it crashed, according to WKYC-TV. The plane burst into flames upon impact, trapping all four three passengers and one pilot inside the wreckage, ultimately causing their deaths.
The Ohio plane crash happened outside the Cuyahoga County Regional Airport, according to the Associated Press. The explosion occurred after it took off from the airport in suburban Cleveland.
Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board took responsibility into the Ohio plane crash's investigations.
Ohio plane crash had students at Case Western Reserve University grieving over the deaths. In the meantime, the university have made available grief counsellors to students. Barbara Snyder, the university president, said in a statement that the four students' roommates and friends will be working and monitored by the school closely.
Snyder said, "We are truly heartbroken about these promising lives cut short."
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