Plane crash in Merritt kills pilot and passenger, transportation board investigating

A two-seat homebuilt level collapsed successful Merritt connected Sunday night, sidesplitting some nan aviator and a passenger.

Merritt RCMP said nan level crash, astir 2 kilometres northbound of nan Merritt Airport, eastbound of Highway 5A, was reported astatine astir 7 p.m.

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Both nan aviator and rider of nan two-seat homebuilt amphibious craft were recovered dormant astatine nan clang site.

The Merritt RCMP is moving pinch nan Transportation Safety Board and BC Coroners Service to find nan origin of nan crash.