Former Springfield Mayor Frank Edwards & Wife Cinda Edwards ID’d As Victims In Triple-Fatal Plane Crash

SANGAMON COUNTY, IL. (THECOUNT) — Former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, died in a twin-engine Piper Aerostar that crashed in a field while on approach to the Springfield, IL, airport Tuesday.

The crash Tuesday also killed John Evans, 69, of Glenarm, said Jim Allmon, chief deputy coroner for Sangamon County.

The aircraft departed from Huntsville and crashed in Sangamon County, Illinois, according to reports.

Reports say the plane went down about seven miles southwest of Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration released the following statement:

“A twin-engine Piper Aerostar went down in a field while on approach to the Springfield, IL, airport this afternoon. The plane departed from Huntsville, AL.

Please contact local officials for information about the condition of the occupants.

The FAA and NTSB will investigate. We will release a tail number after investigators verify it at the crash site,” reports WAFF.

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