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Pilot dead, passenger injured in eastern Ontario two seater plane crash

Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa, Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

ALEXANDRIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a pilot is dead and a passenger was injured in a two-seater plane crash.

OPP say they responded to the crash shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday on Power Dam Road near Alexandria, about 100 kilometres southeast of Ottawa.

While the police news release did not provide an exact location of the crash, there is a small rural airport in the area.

Police say the pilot died at the scene and a passenger was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is deploying a team of investigators after a Cessna 150 accident in Alexandria.

Provincial police are investigating in partnership with the TSB team.

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