WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Four people have died after two planes crashed over Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, Florida, on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office has identified Faith Irene Baker, 24, a pilot and flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation; Zachary Jean Mace, 19, a student at Polk State College; and Randall Elbert Crawford, 67, from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, as three of the people who died in the collision.
Police are working to identify the fourth person, authorities said. Baker and Mace were in a Cherokee Piper 161, while Crawford and the fourth victim were in a Piper J-3 Cub, according to the sheriff's office. "Our Polk State College family is devastated by this tragedy," Angela Garcia Falconetti, the school's president, said in a statement."We extend our deepest condolences to their families, friends and colleagues."
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