2 Dead In Plane Crash By Sussex County’s Kemah Lake

UPDATED: NOV. 11, 6:30 P.M.

SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ — Two people are confirmed dead after the single-engine plane they left in from Essex County Airport, crashed by Kemah Lake, New Jersey State Police confirmed.

Trooper Charles Marchan, a spokesperson for the State Police, said Thursday evening that troopers arrived to the scene of the crash in Hampton Township at about 2:5o p.m., where there were "two confirmed fatalities."

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Marchan didn't provide further information about the people who died, who were reportedly headed for Sussex Airport, referring inquiries back to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A spokesperson for the FAA told Patch that at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, the FAA sent out an alert that sometime after leaving the airport in Caldwell, the Cessna 172 went missing. State Police reported to the FAA at about 4 p.m., they had found the plane in “a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah,” an FAA representative said.

The National Transportation Safety Board that handles investigations, along with the FAA, will provide updates, the FAA stated.

This is a developing story, Patch will provide updates as they are available.

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