Report: 2 from Lowell in plane that crashed in Lake Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two people from Lowell were pulled from the water by the Coast Guard after their plane crashed near Beaver Island in northern Michigan, deputies said.
Randy Seaman, 70, of Lowell, was pulled from Lake Michigan and airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard to the airport where he was taken to a Petoskey hospital. Another person, 65-year-old Beverly Anderson of Lowell, was found dead in the plane wreckage, according to the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office.
The 9th District of the U.S. Coast Guard, which covers the Great Lakes, told 9&10 News out of Cadillac it was able to respond quickly because Coast Guard members had been conducting training exercises in the area.
A helicopter from the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City helicopter left the training to respond to an overdue airplane call. Coast Guard members found the plane in the lake between Whisky Island and Beaver Island. It was upside down and Seaman was in the water, according to the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office.
He was hoisted from the water by the Coast Guard. Divers with the sheriff’s department found the body of Anderson in the wreckage, said the Coast Guard.
A photo of an aircraft crash near Beaver Island in northern Michigan. (Courtesy United States Coast Guard) A photo of an aircraft crash near Beaver Island in northern Michigan. (Courtesy United States Coast Guard)
It is unclear when or how their plane crashed but the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Source: WOODTV.com
