The Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan (HBA) released a statement Saturday night, identifying the three people killed as former president David S. PREVIOUS: 3 people dead after plane crashes into Lyon Township home, sheriff says They all went into the kitchen to get snacks and then the plane crashed right in the living room moments later. The family was in the living room getting ready to watch a movie. The plane is registered to a man from a Houston suburb, but authorities haven't confirmed yet that he was the one piloting the plane.įox said they will not be releasing names and are not sure at this time if family have been notified.LYON TOWNSHIP – A small plane crashed into a home on Saturday in Lyon Township, and three people on board died.įortunately, the family of five who lives in the home made it out safely, but the pilot of the plane and its two passengers were killed. Both police and other witnesses say bystanders helped the person escape the wreckage, although that part was not captured on video. Police have not confirmed that's the survivor, but that's what witnesses at the wreckage told us. NOTE: Video from witness Biance Mack, which you can see in the video player above, shows a person rolling out of the wreckage. Thorton says the survivor was coherent and speaking when he got out of the wreckage. And he got out," says Cordell Odens.Ĭapt. I've got to save this guy.' So I kept chopping - and I got the door open. I kept chopping and they said, 'Get away from it!' And I said, 'No, man, I'm gonna die. "He gave me an ax and I started chopping the door and they said it isn't going to open. Mark Thorton called those who helped "courageous citizens." We talked to a man who says he helped the survivor get out of the plane. They were able to help a 17-year-old man from the wreckage.ĭetroit Police Capt. Witnesses rushed to the scene to try help the victims. The plane was fully engulfed in flames by the time rescue crews arrived.
Fox confirms the plane hit two trees and there was a 250-foot wreckage impact. Witnesses say the plane hit trees, hit the ground and then caught fire.
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