LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Deputies are investigating two separate crashes in Mohave County, including a plane that hit a home and a deadly boating collision on the Colorado River.
Around 11:38 a.m., Tuesday, deputies responded to a home in the 5000 block of Taxi Way, where a single-engine aircraft had crashed into the residence.
No one inside the residence was injured, and the two people on the aircraft were taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
The investigation was turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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Later that same day at about 4:50 p.m., Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Boating Safety deputies were dispatched to a boating collision on the Colorado River near Topock Gorge, north of Lake Havasu.
Deputies responded and found the boat near the California shoreline as fire crews treated two people. One was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was flown to a hospital, where they later died.
According to investigators, the 25-foot boat was speeding north when it lost control, hit the Arizona rock shoreline, and came to rest in reeds along the California side.
The victims were later identified as Noah Welch, 33, and James Rutherford Jr., 53, both from California. The crash remains under investigation.
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