Identities of pickleball players killed in plane crash on way to tournament released

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The names of the five people who were killed in the Central Texas plane crash that was taking a pickleball team to a tournament have been revealed.On board the flight were four Amarillo Pickleball Club players from Amarillo, Texas, Hayden Dillard, Seren Wilson, Brooke Skypala, and Stacy Hedrick, along with pilot Justin Appling.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A crashed Cessna airplane is seen in a wooded area on Round Rock Road in Wimberley, Texas, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Dan Dyer, president of the Amarillo Pickleball Club, said he’d played many games with four of the five people who died."I’ve handed them medals. They were excellent players. They were out to win some games," Dyer said. "Every weekend there are dozens of tournaments. Some people get the bug; others don’t. But once they do, they’ll travel for a tournament."SMALL PLANE CRASHES NEAR HICKS AIRFIELD IN TEXAS, REPORTEDLY CAUSING MULTIPLE SEMI-TRUCK FIRESThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigators are on scene and serving as the lead investigative agencies, DPS said in its Saturday release.But the cause of the crash has yet