Two Ottawa residents were killed after a small passenger plane crashed on a private airstrip in Port Hope, Ont., late Saturday night.
Ontario Provincial Police said the plane’s two passengers, 74-year-old Alvin Crosby and 72-year-old Suzanne Parent, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The OPP received reports of a crash involving a Piper Cherokee shortly before 9:00pm on Saturday, after which officers with the OPP’s Northumberland Detachment were dispatched to the scene.
#NthldOPP are currently on the scene of a downed plane in rural Port Hope in @Nthld_County. The aircraft is a small passenger type aircraft. Emergency crews are assessing the situation and more information will be released when available.^rs pic.twitter.com/IgXcVpKlvN
The police cleared the scene of the accident.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is now working to determine the cause of the crash.
In an email, the TSB said two investigators were deployed to the site on Sunday morning to collect data, images of the wreckage and interview witnesses.
The board will then decide whether to conduct a full investigation, the statement said.
