WILLISTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A plane crash claimed multiple lives over the weekend in Levy County, Florida, deputies said.
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office first reported the incident on Sunday, saying it responded to the crash with multiple agencies.
“There is a Law Enforcement presence southwest of the City of Williston,” the sheriff’s office wrote on social media. “The Levy County Sheriff’s Office, Williston Fire Department and the Levy County Department of Public Safety responded to a plane crash with fatalities. The Levy County Sheriff’s Office is awaiting a response from the FAA and NTSB.”
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the plane crash on social media, saying it involved “a Beech 58P one mile NW of Williston Regional Airport, Williston, Florida.”
has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB for more information, but we received automatic responses saying that their communications were limited due to the government shutdown and lapsed funding.
A report from WUFT said authorities confirmed there were three deaths and no survivors. A business across the road from the crash site, Blue Pear Farms, also posted that there were three fatalities.
“I drive by this field every day,”the post from Blue Pear Farms read. “This was taken yesterday morning. And then evening happened. The thought of 3 souls gone makes this photo hard. Do you ever look at the spot the same again?”
WUFT also reported that the plane was owned by 424 Ventures LLC, which was connected to the Vernon & Vernon accounting firm in St. Petersburg, Florida.
