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Local woman in critical condition after surviving plane crash in Alaska

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Three people were killed Friday afternoon in a plane crash near Moose Pass, Alaska, and a fourth, 28-year-old Paris resident Joy Cooper, is in hospital in critical condition.

Cooper is the sole survivor in the crash.

As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, the small plane crashed into a mountain on the north side of Tern Lake, near the junction of the Sterling Highway and the Seward Highway, around 4 p.m. Friday.

Pilot Michael Scott Christy, 73, and his wife, Jean Tam, 69 — both from Anchorage — were killed, along with 29-year-old Suzanne Glass from Sterling, Virginia.

Cooper was airlifted to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, reported ADN.

Cooper’s family said she was on vacation in Alaska with some friends when the plane crashed.

On Sunday, a caringbridge.org fundraising page was created to help with medical bills.

According to the fundraising page, Cooper is in critical condition and has undergone several surgeries and will require several more. She also currently has no feeling from the waist down due to a broken L1 in her spine.

ADN reported the plane was privately owned, but no information was available about what kind of plane it was, its origin or its intended destination. An NTSB investigator was en route to the crash site Saturday. The agency will be pulling weather data and, ideally, interviewing Cooper and witnesses as it tries to determine the cause of the crash.

 

PHOTO: www.caringbridge.org

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