The identities of the three people who died after a plane crashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida on Thursday night have been released.
The Clearwater Police Department released the names and ages of the three people in a Facebook post Saturday.
According to authorities, pilot Jemin Patel, 54, tenant Martha Parry, 87, and Mary Ellen Pender, 54, who was visiting Parry’s mobile home, all died in the crash.
After the incident, a report from the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed under “unknown circumstances.”
Firefighters, police and emergency medical personnel respond after a small plane crashed at Bayside Waters Mobile Home Park in Clearwater, Florida.
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‘Several’ dead after small plane crashes at Florida Mobile Home Park
Clearwater Fire and Rescue said in a press release that it received a call about an accident at the Bayside Waters Mobile Home Park at 7:08 p.m. local time Thursday after multiple residential units were engulfed in flames.
Several people had previously been inside the residence just before the incident, but only two victims were inside at the time of the accident, the organization said.
Clearwater Fire Chief Scott Ehlers later said during a media briefing that when authorities arrived at the scene, a small plane was discovered in one of the four mobile homes affected by the crash.
“Our thoughts are with the three victims and their families; this tragedy could have been worse,” said Police Chief Eric Gandy.
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The plane, which was a Beechcraft V35, had taken off from Vero Beach, Florida earlier in the day on Thursday.
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