Plane crash kills two east of Fort Collins

Two people died Tuesday morning in a plane crash that happened east of Fort Collins.

Emergency crews were dispatched at 11:37 a.m. Tuesday to a field near the intersection of Weld County roads 80 and 43, the Weld County Sheriff's Office reported. That area is about 5 miles east of the intersection of U.S. Highway 85 and Colorado Highway 14, and about 20 miles east of Interstate 25.

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It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. Deputies as well as fire crews from Ault and Pierce responded to the scene, and the Federal Aviation Administration has also been notified.

Additional details were not immediately available. Check back with Coloradoan.com for more as this story develops.

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