State police say a co-pilot was killed and a pilot received life-threatening injuries in a single-engine plane crash in Madison County in the Metro-East late Saturday morning.
Preliminary information indicates the aircraft took off from St. Louis Metro East Airport and for unknown reasons, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed on Keck Road just west of Illinois Route 4.
The pilot, 39-year-old Buck Martin of Edwardsville, ws transported to a regional hospital with life-threatening injuries. The co-pilot, 60-year-old Robert Binger of Lake City, Florida, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
State Police say this is an ongoing investigation.
