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Two people died Sunday when a small plane crashed at Erie Municipal Airport in northern Colorado, according to the police department.
“We are heartbroken to share that there were no survivors in the single-engine plane crash that occurred earlier today, east of the Erie Municipal Airport runway,” police said in an 8:55 p.m. statement.
The plane’s two occupants were not Colorado residents, police said. The pair’s identities had not been released as of Monday morning.
The crash happened at about 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Erie Police Department spokesperson Amber Luttrell said.
Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were working to identify the cause of the crash, she said. As of Sunday evening, the Erie Municipal Airport at 395 Airport Drive remained closed for the investigation.
Neither agency responded to requests for comment, but NTSB officials stated on social media that the crashed plane was a JMB Aircraft VL-3.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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