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SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A small plane crash in the mountains of
northern Wyoming killed a 13-year-old girl and injured three
relatives, authorities said Tuesday, adding a medical service
helicopter spotted the wreckage.
The crash occurred late Monday afternoon in the area of Big
Mountain, an 8,200-foot (2,500-meter) peak in the Bighorn
Mountains about 15 miles (24 kilometer) west of Sheridan.
The medical helicopter spotted the downed aircraft after its
crew was asked to fly over the area in Bighorn National Forest.
Rescue teams set up a command post at a parking lot off a nearby
highway, U.S. 14, the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office said in a
statement Tuesday.
It said rescuers flown to the site found the girl dead and three
seriously injured relatives — an 11-year-old boy, 53-year-old
woman and 54-year-old man.
The medical chopper and another helicopter from the Wyoming Army
National Guard — along with an ambulance — took two survivors to
a hospital Billings, Montana, and one to a hospital in Sheridan.
As of Tuesday, authorities hadn’t released the victims’
identities or information about their flight, saying the crash
was still being investigated.
Federal Aviation Administration investigators were headed to the
location, according to the statement.
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