A Philadelphia woman is the eighth person to die from the January crash
of a medical plane
[May 08, 2025]
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An eighth person has died months after the crash of
a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday.
Dominique
Goods-Burke, who was in a vehicle hit by debris when the plane crashed
in northeast Philadelphia, died on April 27, the city Medical Examiner's
Office confirmed. She had been out shopping with her fiance, Steven
Dreuitt, who died after their vehicle was engulfed in flames on Jan. 31,
and his son who suffered severe burns, according to news reports. |
First responders work at the scene after a small plane crashed in
Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) |
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Goods-Burke died at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, a
spokesperson for the Medical Examiner's Office said. She was 34.
Colleagues at the cafe where she worked declined to comment on
Tuesday. They told WTXF-TV, which first reported her death, that
she was a beloved employee who worked as a baking supervisor.
"She was an amazing mom, she was an incredible baker, she held
this place together,” Meg Hagele, the founder of High Point
Cafe, told the station.
The crash, which took place on a Friday evening near a busy
intersection, killed all six people on the Learjet 55 air
ambulance, including a girl who was traveling home after
receiving medical treatment in Philadelphia. All six people
aboard were from Mexico.
Officials said that about two dozen people were injured on the
ground and more than a dozen homes were damaged or destroyed.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating
the crash, said the voice recorder on the plane was not working.
The Philadelphia crash came two days after a midair collision
between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter over the
Potomac River near Washington, D.C., killed 67 people, the
deadliest U.S. air disaster in a generation.
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