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One person is dead after the crash of a stolen airplane in Peterborough, Ont.

The plane, a Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, crashed at about 1:20 a.m. Friday onLansdowne St. near High St..

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The person flying the plane, a 21-year-old man from Markham, was killed in the crash.

Peterborough Police Insp. Lynne Buehler said the man’s name will not be released.

She said she had no information on whether the man was an experienced pilot.

“From all indications, it appears he was trying to land the plane,” Buehler said.

York Regional Police is investigating the theft of the plane.

Just before 3 a.m. on Friday, Peterborough Police contacted York Regional Police to say that the plane that crashed had been registered to an owner in Newmarket.

The owner, Donald Peck of Newmarket, was contacted by York Regional Police.

That’s how police knew the plane had been stolen: They found the owner, who hadn’t taken his plane off the ground.