Authorities said a family of four was killed in a small plane crash after departing from Kestrel Air Park in Spring Branch, Texas on Saturday.
Reuters noted that the Texas Department of Public Safety said that the single-engine Piper PA-24 lost altitude shortly after takeoff and went down around 12:30 p.m. local time near a feed store.
The crash killed a Central Texas man, his wife and their two children.
The Associated Press reported that the four family members were the only passengers on the plane and there were no injuries to anyone on the ground.
The family has been identified as Michael Scott Galloway, 38, his wife Heather Louise Galloway, 32, their 10-year-old son Clayton T. Galloway and their 8-year-old daughter Cheyenne Elizabeth Galloway.
Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board officials are continuing to investigate the crash.
The Galloways lived near the crash site and the mother worked as a bus driver in Comal County Independent School District, the same district where her children attended school.
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