Former Santa Monica mayor Rex Minter, 95, was killed after a single-engine aircraft in which he was a passenger crash-landed on the Santa Monica beach on Thursday and flipped over, to the horror of onlookers.
Minter was a passenger who along with the still unnamed pilot hit the waterline Thursday afternoon after a short flight originating at the Santa Monica Airport.
“At approximately 3:17 this afternoon the Santa Monica Fire Department, Los Angeles County lifeguards and Santa Monica Harbor Patrol responded to a reported aircraft accident in Santa Monica beach at approximately the 1800 block of Ocean Parkway,” said SMFD Chief Danny Alvarez “Upon arrival they located a single-engine Cessna, it was upside down close to the shoreline on the beach.”The plane was initially in the water but was dragged beyond the high tide line by emergency vehicles.
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