SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — Tina Ward has been identified as one of four individuals killed in a business jet crash in San Diego, California on Tuesday.

Ward, the wife of recently retired Oceanside Fire Chief Joe Ward, was killed along with three other people following a Learjet 35A crash near San Diego Tuesday.

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According to reports, the jet was carrying two pilots and two flight nurses. The victims were heading back to their home base after flying a patient from Arizona when the crash occurred.

The plane was carrying two pilots and two nurses on a return flight to Gillespie Field after taking a patient to Orange County from Arizona.

The names of the other three victims have not yet emerged.

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