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3rd plane victim identified

FARMINGTON — Authorities say the third man aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after takeoff at a resort in southwestern Pennsylvania has died.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said 27-year-old Eric Carlson of Rockville, Md., died at 5:20 p.m. Saturday at UPMC Mercy.

Carlson was taken to the hospital’s trauma and burn center after the Beechcraft went down at about 2:15 p.m. Friday about a half-mile from the airfield at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

The Fayette County coroner’s office said earlier that 68-year-old Terry Carlson and 26-year-old Jason Willems were killed in the crash.

A National Transportation Safety Board investigator took an initial look at the aircraft and the engine Saturday and planned to talk to two witnesses.

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