Small plane crash near Minneapolis kills North Dakota state legislator and pilot
MINNEAPOLIS– A small plane crashed Saturday just after taking off from Crystal Airport, north of Minneapolis, killing a North Dakota state lawmaker and the pilot, authorities said.
North Dakota state Rep. Liz Conmy of Fargo was killed in the crash, her colleague, state Sen. Tim Mathern, told the Star Tribune.
The nonpartisan Democratic League Party of North Dakota, affiliated with the national Democratic Party, confirmed Conmy’s death in a social media post, calling her a champion of public education, the environment and transparency.
“We are completely heartbroken and gutted by the loss of Rep. Liz Conmy. Her death is a profound loss for our state,” the party said in a post on X.
Officers responded to a report of a small plane crash at 11:51 a.m. and found a plane that had crashed and caught fire in a city park in Brooklyn Park, Minn., shortly after takeoff, Brooklyn Park Police Detective Matt Rabe said.
Rabe said the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. He would not say how many people were on the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that two people were on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating a crash involving a Beech F33A plane and expects investigators to arrive at the scene soon.
