Domestic Violence Dispute Ends in a Plane Crash

A pilot left his Utah home “fully engulfed” after flying a plane into it early Monday with his wife and a boy inside the residence, police said. The wife and boy escaped safely, but the pilot, 47-year-old Duane Youd, did not survive.

The crash came hours after Youd was involved in a domestic violence incident and booked into the Utah County Jail on Sunday evening, Sgt. Noemi Sandoval of the Payson Police Department told journalists on scene after the incident.

Youd made bail Sunday night and returned to his home after midnight local time with an officer to gather belongings and his truck. Shortly after, at around 2:30 a.m. Monday, he flew the twin-engine Cessna 525 into the house, according to CBS News…..READ MORE

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A pilot left his Utah home “fully engulfed” after flying a plane into it early Monday with his wife and a boy inside the residence, police said. The wife and boy escaped safely, but the pilot, 47-year-old Duane Youd, did not survive.

The crash came hours after Youd was involved in a domestic violence incident and booked into the Utah County Jail on Sunday evening, Sgt. Noemi Sandoval of the Payson Police Department told journalists on scene after the incident.

Youd made bail Sunday night and returned to his home after midnight local time with an officer to gather belongings and his truck. Shortly after, at around 2:30 a.m. Monday, he flew the twin-engine Cessna 525 into the house, according to CBS News…..READ MORE

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