PHOTOS: Authorities are investigating a plane crash that left two people dead, one of whom was a lawmaker from North Dakota, in Brooklyn Park on Saturday. The Brooklyn Park Police Department said the small airplane had crashed and caught fire in Southbrook Park near 62nd Avenue North and Florida Avenue North at around noon.
Brooklyn Park fire crews extinguished the fire; however, none of the occupants survived the crash. The FAA confirmed that two people were on board the plane.
No one was injured on the ground, police added.
According to Sen. Tim Mathern from North Dakota, family stated that one of the people killed in the crash was North Dakota Rep. Liz Conmy.
KSTP-TV ABC 5 St. Paul
