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Five pickleball players killed in horrific plane crash on way to tournament identified

The Independent·Katie Hawkinson·about 1 month ago
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The five pickleball players killed in a horrific plane crash en route to a tournament have now been identified, as their club shared a moving tribute to the athletes. The small Cessna plane crashed in a wooded area Thursday near the small town of Wimberley, outside of Austin, Texas , and was traveling at a “high rate of speed” when it went down, local officials said . Amarillo Pickleball Club identified the victims, whose reported ages ranged from teens to mid-40s, as Seren Wilson, Brooke Skypala, Stacy Hedrick, Glen Appling, and Hayden Dillard. The club described them as “five members of our Amarillo pickleball family.” “All five were killed last night in a private airplane crash near Austin, TX, while en route to a pickleball tournament. Although many were friends to players, the loss is most horrible to their close family,” the organization said Friday.…

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