Seven people, including a member of the Alaska State Legislator, were killed after two planes crashed in the sky on the Kenai Peninsula on Friday, officials said.
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"I'm devastated and shocked to learn of the crash that claimed Gary Knopp's life," House Speaker Bryce Edgmon said in a statement."Gary was a one-of-a-kind leader and a true Alaskan who worked tirelessly for his district in the Legislature. He will be missed by many." A plane rests in brush and trees after a midair collision outside of Soldotna, Alaska, on July 31, 2020. Seven people, including an Alaska state lawmaker, died when two small airplanes collided in midair near the airport on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Alaska State Troopers say state Rep. Gary Knopp was the sole occupant of one plane.
Then Rep.-elect Gary Knopp sits in his office at the Alaska Capitol in Juneau, Jan. 16, 2017. The Alaska House Majority says Knopp was killed in the mid-air collision of two planes near Soldotna on July 31, 2020.
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