Overview
- A small plane crashed near the George R. Carr Memorial Airport just before 10:50 a.m. Thursday and the two people on board were pronounced dead at the scene.
- The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office later identified the victims as William “Bill” Day, 68, and Tommie Day, 69, a married couple from Seguin, Texas.
- Local first responders secured the crash site near 401 Walker St. and asked the public to avoid the area while investigators worked.
- Officials notified the Federal Aviation Administration, which is leading the official investigation and has not yet released information on the aircraft type or a probable cause.
- Investigators’ findings will determine what led to the crash and whether the results point to wider safety issues for small aircraft operations in the region.