Police say the bodies of two men and two women have been recovered following a small plane crash just off Florida's Gulf Coast. The plane had just taken off from Venice Airport when it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico west of the city's fishing pier.
VENICE, Fla. — The bodies of two men and two women have been recovered following a small plane crash just off Florida's Gulf Coast, police said Thursday.
Several people on the pier saw the plane crash and called 911, Venice Police Capt. Andy Leisenring said. In addition, video footage from the airport and the pier will be reviewed and turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is conducting an investigation, he said. Authorities identified the victims as William Jeffrey Lumpkin, 64, who was piloting the plane, Patricia Lumpkin, 68, Ricky Joe Beaver, 60, and Elizabeth Anne Beaver, 57. The Lumpkins were from Fishers, Indiana, and the Beavers were from Noblesville, Indiana. The four were the only passengers on the plane, police said.
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