Arizona man killed in Laughlin plane crash identified
A man who was killed in a plane crash Sunday evening in Laughlin was identified Friday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
He was 72-year-old James Walker, of Avondale, Ariz., near Phoenix, the coroner’s office said Friday afternoon.
The Clark County Fire Department and Las Vegas police responded to the crash, which occurred about 100 miles south of Las Vegas just before 6 p.m. in Laughlin’s Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area, at 4220 Needles Highway.
Walker died at the scene, fire officials said Sunday.
Three passengers were taken by helicopter to area hospitals, the Clark County Fire Department said.
One person was taken by ambulance to the Valley View Medical Center in Fort Mohave, Ariz., according to spokesman Lance Ross. After being stabilized in the emergency room, the patient was flown to the burn center at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Another patient was sent to a hospital in Bullhead City, Ariz., in an unknown condition, he said.
The identities and updated conditions of the three passengers were not available Sunday.
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