Two men killed in plane crash near Tewkesbury

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Monday, 8 January 2018 14:21

Two men have died after a light aircraft crash near Tewkesbury

The single engine aircraft came down at around 12.45pm today in a field near Overbury, Tewkesbury.

Due to the foggy conditions at the time, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham, with a doctor and critical care paramedic on board, had landed a couple of miles from the crash scene and were picked up by a paramedic officer in a car and were taken to the scene.

Two ambulances and a second paramedic officer also attended.

Two people who were on board the aircraft, the pilot and a passenger, were sadly both pronounced deceased at the scene. Officers are working to identify and inform their next of kin and formal identification is yet to take place. There were no other reported injuries.

Superintendent Kevin Purcell from West Mercia Police said: "Emergency services remain at the scene of the incident, in which two people have sadly died.

"We have been working closely with our colleagues from the other emergency services at the scene to make the area safe and to ensure the resulting investigation can now proceed, which will be led by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. We will continue to support them throughout their investigation.

"Our thoughts remain with the families of the two people who have lost their lives."

A scene guard and a cordon are in place at the scene of the incident and are likely to remain there overnight.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have been informed and a team of investigators have been deployed.