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Pickleball team plane crashes in Texas, killing everyone on board
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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
Pickleball team plane crashes in Texas, killing everyone on board
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A plane was traveling over Texas on Thursday, carrying a pickleball team to a tournament, before tragically crashing, killing all five people on board.Names of the victims were not immediately released by authorities, though the Amarillo Pickleball Club in Amarillo, Texas, said they were members who were flying to a tournament. The plane crashed in Wimberley, a city 40 miles southwest of Austin, at 11 p.m. Thursday."The pilot and four passengers on board were pronounced deceased on scene," local police sergeant Billy Ray told reporters.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMRay said federal authorities were leading the investigation.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 FIRESDyer said a second plane was traveling to the event from Amarillo at the same time. Authorities said it landed safely at the
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