A high school teacher from east Georgia was among three people killed in a plane crash Saturday off Long Island, N.Y.
Jennifer Landrum was a special education teacher in Thomson, according to a news release from McDuffie County School Superintendent Mychele Rhodes.
“Dr. Landrum will certainly be missed,” the release said. “Please keep her family in your thoughts as they go through this most difficult and trying time.”
The twin-engine Piper PA-34 was headed to Charleston, S.C., from Connecticut when it crashed south of Quogue, N.Y., in the Hamptons.
Another victim was identified as 41-year-old plane owner and flight instructor Munidat "Raj" Persaud, of Waterbury, Conn., according to The Associated Press.
Richard. P. Terbrusch, 53, of Ridgefield, Conn., an attorney, was the third person on the plane, according to the Post and Courier of Charleston.S.C.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
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