Mar. 16, 2025
Laurie Gentz.Photo: IAEP
According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, the small plane was on its way to Gillespie Field Airport in San Diego County when it crashed just after 7 p.m. local time. There were no survivors.
Aninitial reportfrom the Federal Aviation Administration stated that there were two flight crew members and two passengers aboard the Learjet 35 aircraft at the time of the fatal crash.
Although authorities have yet to release the names of the victims, sources told localCBS affiliate KFMBthat two pilots and two nurses were killed in the crash.
Mar. 16, 2025
A pair of hikers died near the Utah-Arizona border after they were caught in a flash flood over the weekend.Jeffrey Watson, and William Romaniello were on a multi-day hike from Wire Pass to Lees Ferry through Buckskin Gulch — “the longest slot canyon in North America, and a very popular hike,” according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office — whenthe flood hitSaturday morning, authorities said in a statement. The two men, who were found dead, set off on the trek with Ed Smith, who survived.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Two sheriff’s deputies from Hillsborough County, Fla., were found fatally shot in a suspected murder-suicide on Saturday while the pair were sharing a vacation rental in St. Augustine, according to officials.
A preliminary investigation found that Det. Daniel Leyden, who worked within the Criminal Investigations Division, was the sole shooter. Investigators said Leyden’s wounds appeared to be self-inflicted.
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Mar. 16, 2025
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Heather Brown and Tyler Smith, both 17, worried that they may not survive after a strong current swept them two miles away from the Vilano Beach shore in Jacksonville, Florida.
“I asked him, I said, ‘Tyler, oh my God, we’re stuck! What’s the plan?'”Brown told WJAX.
Smith added that they began to pray: “I cried out, I was like, ‘[God], if you really do have a plan for us, come on, just bring something.
Mar. 16, 2025
Squaw Peak in Utah.Photo: Getty
A man was found walking around a mountainous location in Utah on Tuesday, hours after the small plane he was in crashed, killing two other people, authorities said.
The 22-year-old man was airlifted to a local hospital,according to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office.
In a video shared as a part of the sheriff’s office’s Facebook post, a LifeFlight helicopter can be seen hoisting the survivor high over snow-dappled mountain peaks.