Community remembers pastor killed in plane crash
Community remembers pastor killed in plane crash By Melissa Rademaker | May 7, 2021 at 5:35 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 5:35 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A Hattiesburg community is pulling together to help the family of a man killed by a Tuesday night plane crash.
Gerry Standley died when a small civilian plane crashed into his Hattiesburg home on Annie Christie Drive in the Irene Chapel neighborhood, forever changing the lives of his family.
“Right now, my family is in a time of need, so we need all the help that we can get,” said Gerry’s niece, Charlisha Standley.
Four people have been killed after a civilian aeroplane crashed into a home in Mississippi, police have confirmed.Hattiesburg Police Department confirmed that emergency personnel responded to reports of the crash at around 11.20pm on Tuesday on Annie Christie Drive.“When emergency crews arrived on scene, it was confirmed that a civilian aeroplane had crashed into a home,” the local police department said in a statement.Police said there had been four fatalities as a result of the incident, but did not specify whether those killed were passengers on the plane or residents of the house.The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation.
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Police said an aircraft crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, late Tuesday, killing four.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after the crash on Tuesday.
Police warned people not to touch debris or wreckage they think is from the crash.
An aircraft crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Tuesday night and killed four people, police said.
Hattiesburg Police Department said on Wednesday that a civilian aircraft had crashed into a home at around 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Hattiesburg PD public information officer Ryan Moore told local news outlet WDAM 7 on that four people were dead after the crash.