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Three Children Escape After Plane Crashes Near Airport
A runaway plane carrying three children crashed into trees near New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport’s edge. Linda was hospitalized for observation. two boys suffered scratches and bruises. Pilot Collier, a student, and father Claude Merriwether strapped the children in the rear seat before departure. Witnesses described the craft lifting off, clipping trees, nosediving about 200 feet, then landing in a wooded area.
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Linda
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Claude P. Fe
Upham Merriwether