Posted on 11/18/2011 8:38:47 AM PST by SoonerStorm09
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed when the single-engine plane they were riding in during a recruiting trip crashed near a wildlife management area in central Arkansas.
The university said the pair died in the crash Thursday night near Perryville, about 45 miles west of Little Rock. The Winona Wildlife Management Area is in steep terrain in the eastern Ouachita Mountains. A cause of the crash was not announced.
In January 2001, 10 men affiliated with the university's men's basketball team died in a Colorado plane crash.
OSU said the plane's pilot and another passenger also died in Thursday's crash. Their names were not released and OSU said they were not associated with the university.
"There were no survivors," the university statement said.
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I’m in my 70’s and a former pilot. I would not consider piloting a plane without a qualified pilot next to me at this age.
You obviously formed your own opinion of the purpose of my first post without looking at the context of who I was posting it to, and decided it was necessary for you to interject. Unfortunately, I let you take the focus off of the tragedy and put it on your own ego.
I deal with enough people like you, I don’t need to add another one to the list. I don’t run from fights, but I have a life and don’t need to waste energy trading barbs with someone like you. Congratulations, you win.
Oh no. Just heard about this. Prayers for all the families involved.
Nasty.
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