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Four dead after plane crashBen Garver' Berkshire Eagle StaffRescue personnel transfer a survivor of a plane crash to an ambulance at the Great Barrington Airport yesterday. Four of seven family members survived the crash but one died last night.Survivors rescued after 15 hoursBy Derek Gentile and Ellen G. LahrBerkshire Eagle StaffGREAT BARRINGTON - A private plane carrying a New Hampshire family of seven crashed at Beartown State Forest late Sunday night, killing three and stranding four, including a 2-year-old boy. on a remote, frigid mountain for more than 15 hours. One of the four survivors, the pilot, died last night at Fairview Hospital.Richard J. Toman, the civilian search and rescue administrator for the Massachusetts State Police, said it was “miraculous” that anyone had survived the crash and its aftermath. “The conditions on that mountain were extreme,” he said. “They were very tough people to have survived that.The temperature at the crash site was minus-two degrees Sunday night, with a wind chill factorSOURCES Associated Prsss, ESRI; AP GOT USGSof minus-25 degrees at times.Ronald Ferris, the pilot, whose age is unknown, died last night just before 9. Ferris had suffered severe trauma and hypothermia at the crash site and also suffered a heart attack while being transported to Fairview Hospital.Three of Ferris’ sons, Tyler, 10, Jordan. 5, and Ryan, 2, are in the intensive care unit of Albany Medical Center in critical condition. All three suffered severe trauma and hypothermia, according to a hospital spokesman.Killed were Ron Ferris’ wife Tayne, and two of their sons, Kyle. 12, and Shawn. 6. The family resided in Swanzey, N.H.The family had been in Florida, according to state police, and were returning to the Keene, N.H., airport following a week-long vacation.According to Lt. Marian McGovern, a spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police, the cause of death of the initial three victims has not yet been determined. pending an autopsy.The crash site was on the southwest face of Mount Wilcox, aCRASH, continued on A6
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Mar 04, 2003
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