A United States Senator in North Dakota, Doug Larsen, his wife and two children reportedly died in a plane crash Sunday night, October 1, 2023.
The Guardian reports that Larsen’s death was confirmed on Monday, October 2, in an email that the Republican Senate Majority Leader, David Hogue, sent to his fellow senators.
The mail read: “Senator Doug Larsen, his wife, Amy, and their two young children died in a plane crash last evening in Utah.”
A brief statement released by the Sheriff’s office also read, “Rescue efforts were completed. Four occupants unfortunately did not survive the crash. Further information will be provided as soon as family members have been notified,” CBS NEWS report added.
The family was reportedly returning to North Dakota from a family visit in Scottsdale, Arizona. They stopped to refuel when their plane went down in Utah.
Meanwhile, the cause of the crash is being investigated.
According to a report by the New York Post, Larsen, a Republican, was first elected to the North Dakota Senate in 2020, where he chaired a panel that dealt with industry and business legislation.
He and his wife, Amy, were both business owners. He was also a lieutenant colonel in the North Dakota National Guard.
A young Nigerian lady was hit with an untimely death. The young woman reportedly died aboard an Egypt Air flight on her way to London, United Kingdom.
The lady, whose name was withheld, was said to have left Nigeria for London on board Egypt Air MS 876 flight to Cairo on Monday, September 4, through the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, when she died on board.
A family source who confirmed the incident, however, said the corpse was dropped in Cairo, the Egypt Capital, by the airline.
In another related development, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Wagner, a private military company, has been killed in a plane crash.
Ten people were on board the private jet that crashed in the north of Moscow, the capital of Russia, Al Jazeera reported.
The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said seven passengers and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft, which was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
