■ UNITED STATES
Plane crash kills four
A small airplane crashed in a rural residential area as it headed to a landing, killing four who were aboard the aircraft, authorities said. The crew of the twin-engine Cessna 340 had radioed their intention to land at the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport in rural northwest Ohio at about noon on Saturday, airport director Jack Stables said. Alice Orshoski, who lives in the neighborhood, said she heard an engine sputtering overhead just before the plane hit the ground. The two men and two women on board were killed, police said.
■ CANADA
Eight dead in van crash
Seven members of a high school boys' basketball team and the wife of the coach were killed when their van collided with a truck as they returned from a game. Police said the Bathurst High School basketball players, all between the ages of 15 and 18, and their coach's wife died after their van crossed the median on a slippery highway and hit the truck shortly after midnight on Saturday. "The sudden loss of eight people in this unthinkable accident shocked the nation and all Canadians join you in mourning their passing,'' Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a letter of condolence to the school's principal.
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