SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
5:27 pm
The victims have been identified as 35-year-old Tyson Colby Brummett of Salt Lake City, 35-year-old Alex Blackhurst Ruegner of Riverton and Ruegner’s aunt and uncle, 60-year-old Elaine W. Blackhurst and 62-year-old Douglas Robinson Blackhurst of Riverton. Brummett was a former major league baseball pitcher who spent time with the Philadelphia Phillies, as well as the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers’ organizations.
3:35 pm
It has since been confirmed that four have perished as the Cessna 172 crashed above Granite Flat Campground, Cannon stated.
1:23 pm
Two people died when a small plane crashed Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities said.
Investigators are trying to confirm that there were two other passengers aboard the plane, said Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon.
The crash occurred in the Box Elder Peak area in American Fork Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City, Cannon said.
Authorities don’t know yet what type of plane it was or where it came from or where it was going, he said.
The cause of the crash is also unknown.
