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May232012

Report: Planes Collide, One Dead

(GREENE COUNTY, Ark.) -- One person is dead after two planes collided and landed in a rice field in northeast Arkansas, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

The pilot of one of the planes was killed in the crash, which occurred in Fontaine, according to Greene County coroner Dick Pace.  A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the planes collided around 11:35 a.m on Wednesday.

Chief Curtis Davenport of the Greene County Rescue Squad said he believes there was one person in each aircraft, according to the report.

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