Victims of fatal plane crash in Missouri identified as Kentucky couple

CENTRAL MISSOURI – Two people that died in a plane crash Tuesday in Missouri has been identified as a Kentucky couple.

According to a post on X by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the couple has been identified as a 51-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man, both from Simpsonville, Kentucky.

Highway patrol says the plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport.

According to authorities, troopers responded to a plane crash Tuesday afternoon near Public Beach Drive in Camden County in Missouri.

A small plane was located fully engulfed in flames, according to the agency.

Further details have not been released at this time.