Two people were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in a wooded area in northern Indiana, authorities said.

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The aircraft crashed around 2:20 p.m. in a rural area outside Bristol, roughly 55 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Two people died after a small plane crashed Tuesday in northern Indiana.

The sheriff's office confirmed the deaths of the two occupants of the plane, but no further information about the victims was available.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was a single-engine Zenith Air Zodiac CH-601.