MARION, Ohio — Two men who died after a single-engine plane crashed in Marion County on Tuesday have been identified, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers were called to the 4400 block of Gooding Road in Pleasant Township on a report of a plane crash. The crash happened in a bean field approximately nine miles southwest of the Marion Municipal Airport.
OSHP said two occupants, identified as 71-year-old Hal Durbin, of Findlay, and 70-year-old William David, of Bowling Green, were aboard the plane and died. The plane was a Piper PA-32-300.
Gooding Road was closed between Newmans Cardington and Owens roads for two hours due to the crash.
The incident remains under investigation.
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