Autopsy Report Shows Plane Crash Victims Had High Levels Of Carbon Monoxide

(Ankeny) — Carbon monoxide poisoning has been ruled as a factor with last weekend’s plane crash that killed four Plymouth County residents. KCCI television station of Des Moines is reporting the State Medical Examiner’s office says that all four victims: 49 year old Ed Anderson, 36 year old Patrick Kellen, 28 year old Tyler Douvia and 15 year old Samantha Clark each
had high levels of carbon monoxide in their blood. The autopsy report also indicated the four died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries in setting of carbon monoxide toxicity. The plane left the Le Mars Municipal Airport a week ago on Friday evening, heading to Osceola for a hunting trip.  The plane was reported missing by the air traffic controller at the Des Moines Airport after it dropped off the radar.
Search and rescue teams from numerous sheriff’s, police and fire
departments, along with hundreds of volunteers, looked for the plane. It was spotted in a Guthrie County pasture early Saturday morning at about 6:30 a.m.   The plane crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.