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PLANE CRASHES NEAR KELLEY'S ISLAND

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A Cessna plane crashed in the water Monday evening around 9 p.m. just east of Kelley’s Island. Authorities say that an 7 year old male has been found in the scattered wreckage and has been transported to a local hospital with non-critical injuries. The male advised authorities that there were two others with him in the plane at the time of the crash. The United States Coast Guard along with multiple local rescue teams are searching at this hour for those two.

Authorities say that weather conditions have been good tonight with little to no wind.

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UPDATE: Authorities say that the 7 year old boy in this story swam from the plane after the crash and was picked up by a boater and brought to safety. The boy told authorities that his father and older brother were still on the plane. The father was piloting the plane at the time of the crash and had just taken off from the airport. The search continues for the father and son at this hour using helicopters, boats and divers.

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UPDATE: Searchers have recovered the body of 9 year old Jeremy Hutchison in Lake Erie according to the United States Coast Guard. Jeremy’s father, 46 year old Jeff Hutchison was the pilot and is still missing. A side-sonar detected the planes fuselage just before noon today about 700 yards off Kelley’s in 20 feet of water. Search for the father was stopped for a short time to allow the rescuers time to regroup. The search for the father continues at this hour.
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UPDATE: Coast Guard Officials said that they have found the body of pilot, Jeff Hutchison, in the same area as the plane’s fuselage was discovered earlier in the day. Searchers found his body just before 8:30 p.m. off the shore of Kelley’s Island.

The United States Coast Guard worked with rescuers from Put-in-Bay, Sandusky, Huron, Lakeside, Catawba, Ottawa County and members from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.