El Dorado Man Killed In Plane Crash
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Authorities say an El Dorado man was killed and
another critically injured in a single-engine airplane crash near
Norphlet.
Thirty-nine-year-old Jonathan M. Hughes Junior of El Dorado, was
killed in last night`s crash.
The pilot, Glenn Thweatt of El Dorado was transported to the
Medical Center of South Arkansas.
A witness saw a plane that appeared to be in trouble around 6:30
p.m. and heard a crash after it dipped from view.
Sheriff`s deputies found the downed plane in a pasture on
property owned by the Los Angeles Lakers` player Karl Malone. No
one on the ground was injured.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
