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Tennessee Plane Crash Claims Life Of Ohio Woman

whio.com

Authorities say a single-engine plane heading from Florida to Urbana crashed near Knoxville, Tennessee late Tuesday, killing a woman and seriously injuring her husband. 

Tennessee authorities say an air traffic controller lost contact with the plane along a cliff line. Vicki Maxwell of Springfield was killed and her husband David is hospitalized in critical condition.  The cause of the crash is under investigation. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.