A Rhode Island married couple was killed on Monday when their small plane crashed near I-195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, damaging a vehicle and leaving the driver hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Thomas Perkins, 68, and Agatha Perkins, 66, both of Middletown, Rhode Island, were flying a single-engine Socata TBM 700 fixed-wing airplane during nor’easter conditions, including high winds.
They were reportedly traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin, when they crashed into the median of the highway, causing the plane to catch fire.
Both occupants of the plane were found dead in the fuselage.
As a result of the crash, a silver Hyundai Sonata careened off the road and ended up in the highway’s grassy median, but it is not clear precisely how the plane caused the crash.
The Hyundai’s driver was transported by passenger vehicle to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Following a preliminary investigation, police suggested that the pilot was attempting to land at the nearby New Bedford airport due to the dangerous weather conditions, but he did not file a flight plan with the airport.
According to one Milwaukee outlet, the plane was registered to the Air Charity Network, a charity that provides transportation to specialized health care facilities.
