Small plane crashes in Indiana, killing 2

A small plane en route from Tennessee crashed in a wooded area in Gary, Indiana, killing the two passengers aboard, police said. The crash occurred around 11:20am on Wednesday hundreds of feet from the West Gary Lighthouse Charter School, the Chicago Tribune reported. Gary Fire Department Capt. Don Parker told The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana two bodies were thrown from the burning wreckage which was scattered over a 40-square-foot area. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said a single-engine Cirrus plane had been scheduled to land at 11:19am at the Gary Jet Center at the Gary/Chicago International Airport. She said the plane had left Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport in Smyrna, Tenn., at 9:39am. John Black, a representative for the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority told The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro, Tenn., the plane had arrived in Smyrna Tuesday night, originating from another location that was not reported. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board were en route to Gary to investigate the accident, the Tribune reported.   From gulftoday