Five environmentalists heading to East Palestine, Ohio to provide environmental support in Bedford, Ohio after a metal plant mysteriously exploded earlier this week, died in a plane crash in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Local news outlets reported a twin-engine Beech BE20 crashed in a densely wooded area shortly after taking off from Little Rocks Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.
ABC 5 News reported, All five people were employees at Little Rock-based consulting firm CTEH.
Per its site CTEH is a environmental consulting company that empowers extraordinary teams of experts to help companies, governments, and communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from threats to their environment and people.