Three Rawlins Residents Die In Plane Crash In Northwestern Minnesota

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say three people from Wyoming are dead after a small plane crash in northwestern Minnesota today

The Pennington County Sheriff's Office identified the victims as Rawlins residents Moy Wing, 69, 27-year-old Brian Duke, 27, and Zach Ostertag, 26.

There were no survivors in the crash, which was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday.

It happened near Thief River Falls, which is about 70 miles from the Canadian border.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Elizabeth Cory says the airplane was a single-engine Cessna 182.

Cory says the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause.