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Victims Of La Porte Plane Crash Were From The Woodlands: Reports
Gary Stewart Boyd, 64, and John Stewart Boyd, 93, were killed with their Kolb Twinstar III crashed Sunday morning.
LA PORTE, TX -- Police have identified two men killed in a plane crash on Sunday in La Porte as residents from The Woodlands.
Officials with the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that 64-year-old Gary Stewart Boyd, and 93-year-old John Stewart Boyd were the two occupants of the plan that crashed at 9 a.m. Sunday, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Both men were killed when their single-engine experimental aircraft, known as a Kolb Twinstar III crashed about 300 yards short of the runway at La Porte Municipal Airport.
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The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, and local law enforcement agencies.
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