North Dakota state senator and his family perish in Utah plane crash

North Dakota State Senator Doug Larsen, his wife Amy, and their two young children tragically died in a plane crash in Utah. The single-engine Piper plane crashed shortly after takeoff, with no survivors. Senator Larsen, a prominent figure in North Dakota’s political and military landscape, was visiting family in Arizona and was en route home when the crash occurred. The National Transportation Safety Board has initiated an investigation into the cause of the crash.