FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday, December 25, confirmed the identities of the two men killed in a small plane crash in Grand Prairie on Monday, December 21.
John Robert Frazier, 65, of the Trophy Club, and Larry Ronald Vieregge, 71, of the Grapevine died there shortly before 3 pm, when his plane crashed along the SH 360 service road, Near Mayfield Road.
It is not clear who the pilot was and who the passenger was.
The plane took off from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport just minutes before the accident, Grand Prairie fire chief Robert Fite said on Monday.
Witnesses said the plane hit a telephone pole, then crashed into a truck and stopped next to Sonic’s parking lot, where it caught fire.
Chief Fite said the fire department quickly extinguished him.
Small plane crashed at Grand Prairie on Monday, December 21. (Chopper 11)
The person in the truck was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The Federal Aviation Administration is leading the investigation.
The plane caught fire after stopping in a grassy area near a Sonic drive-in restaurant, said Fite.
“The plane was obviously in danger when it crashed,” said Fite. “We don’t know if this was an emergency landing or a catastrophic failure.”
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