A family of four was killed Monday in a small plane crash in North Carolina.
The crash happened near the Sanford Raleigh Executive Airport in Lee County around 2 p.m., the North Carolina Highway Patrol said.
Three of the family members died at the scene. The fourth was transported to a hospital where they were pronounced dead.
They were identified as Travis Buchanan and Candace Buchanan, both 35, and their children, Aubrey Buchanan, 10, and Walker Buchanan, 9.
They were the only people on board the Cirrus SR22 plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
The family were the owners of Buchanan Farms in Sanford, according to WRAL.
Abraham Garcia, who worked for the family, told the station they were returning from a Fourth of July weekend beach trip.
They took off from Merritt Island, Fla. around 11 a.m. and crashed on their approach to the North Carolina airport, The News & Observer reported.
“During this incredibly difficult time, we stand together in support of their family and one another,” Grace Christian School, where the children were students, wrote on Facebook. “We extend our love, prayers and deepest condolences to their family, friends, classmates, teachers and staff.”
