American dies in Guatemala plane crash

By IANS,

Guatemala City : A US citizen was killed and another seriously injured when a small plane crashed in western Guatemala.


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Thomas Gilbert Russell, 72, who was piloting the plane, died after the crash that occurred Monday in the town of Santiago Atitlan, 190 km west of Guatemala City, a spokesman for the volunteer firefighters said.

A woman who was in the aircraft with him, identified as 29-year-old US citizen Helen Cernik, suffered serious injuries in the accident.

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