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Published October 25, 2026 1:45pm | Updated October 25, 2026 2:18pm

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Three people are dead after a small plane crashed in western Colorado on Saturday, the Gunnison County Government said.

In an update on Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that at about 8:11 a.m. Saturday, a Piper PA-28-235 crashed into mountainous terrain. At 9:20 a.m., the Gunnison Regional 911 Center received the report of a small aircraft crash in a remote wilderness area near Swampy Pass, Gunnison County said in a media release on Sunday. Emergency crews were dispatched to the area and located the crash site.

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