This news release on behalf of Kiowa County Sheriff's Office.
Public Information Officer
Contacts:
Micki Trost
Colorado DHSEM
Micki.Trost@state.co.us
303-472-4087
www.COEmergency.com|www.DHSEM.state.co.us
Casey Sheridan
Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office
(719) 438-5411 | (719) 438-2205
www.kiowasheriff.co
Media Release
Fatal Airplane Crash Under Investigation in Kiowa County
Eads, Colo. –May
18, 2016 – Kiowa
County Sheriff’s Office is on the scene of a fatal airplane crash in Eastern
Kiowa County. One fatality is confirmed
following a single engine aircraft crash near Highway 96 and County Road
71. Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) enroute to the crash site to begin an
investigation.
The
Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call just after 9:30 a.m. Multiple agencies responded to the incident
including the Kiowa County Fire Protection District’s fire and ambulance crews
and the Colorado State Patrol. The
coroner is responding to the accident site.
The
Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office will remain at the incident site until the FAA
and NTSB arrive.
Updates
on this incident will be posted to the Kiowa Sheriff Facebook account at https://www.facebook.com/kiowacountysheriffcolorado/?fref=ts
and Twitter Account at https://twitter.com/KCSOSheridan
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