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Western Mass Plane Crash Victims ID'd; Student Pilot, Flight Instructor Among Dead Western Mass Plane Crash Victims ID'd; Student Pilot, Flight Instructor Among Dead
Western Mass Plane Crash Victims ID'd; Student Pilot, Flight Instructor Among Dead Investigators have identified the three people killed in a Sunday, Jan. 14, plane crash in Franklin County as a student pilot, his instructor, and the owner of a flight school.  They are:  William Hampton, age 68, of Indian Orchard Chad Davidson, age 29, of Woodstock, Connecticut Fredrika Ballard, age 53, of Southwick Ballard owned Fly Lugu Flight School and Hampton was an instructor. Davidson was taking flying lessons, Massachusetts State Police said.  Related: No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass According to flight tracker data, the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 5…

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Insurance Adjuster Pocketed $28K Belonging To Merrimack Gas Explosion Victims: AG Insurance Adjuster Pocketed $28K Belonging To Merrimack Gas Explosion Victims: AG
Insurance Adjuster Pocketed $28K Belonging To Merrimack Gas Explosion Victims: AG A Mississippi insurance adjuster is accused of stealing nearly $29,000 and the identities of four victims of the 2018 Merrimack gas explosion, authorities said.  Lashaunda Studaway faces four charges of identity theft and two counts of theft over $1,200, the Massachusetts Attorney General said.  Studaway worked as an insurance adjuster for Columbia Gas and was responsible for handling financial claims for the people affected in the September 2018 natural gas explosion in Merrimack Valley, authorities said. As many as 40 homes were destroyed and more were damaged in the blast and 8…

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