All 12 occupants dead in Missouri plane crash, state highway patrol says

BUTLER, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say 12 people were killed when a plane crashed in Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement that troopers were on the scene, assisting the Butler Police Department & Bates County Sheriff’s Office.

The crash occurred near the Butler Memorial Airport. Butler is roughly 65 miles south of Kansas City.

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