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3 People Dead From Plane Crash Near Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport

The crash of a small plane near the Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport earlier this month has taken two more lives.

The deaths bring the total number of those who have died to three as a result of the crash of a four-seat private plane along the Needles Highway, May 17.

Fifty-eight-year-old Diana Soto of Goodyear and 64-year-old Evelyn Walker of Avondale died from injuries received in the crash at University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Walker’s 72-year-old husband James died at the scene. The crash caused a brush fire that burned into the following day. Its cause remains under investigation.

Dennis Lambert was a morning host at KJZZ.