ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) - A pilot has died in a plane crash in western Minnesota.
Douglas County sheriffs’ authorities say 911 callers reported the crash just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday in LaGrande Township. Medical crews arrived and found the pilot dead.
The pilot, identified as 64-year-old Kenneth James Ryan of Alexandria, was the only person in the plane. Authorities say the plane apparently struck a power pole before landing in a ditch.
Federal authorities will investigate.
It was the second plane crash in Douglas County in two days. On Friday night, a single-engine plane crashed into Lake Winona in Alexandria. The 18-year-old pilot survived that crash.
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