Republican North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen and his family were killed in a plane crash in Utah on Sunday night, according to an email sent by Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue obtained by the Associated Press.
“Senator Doug Larsen, his wife Amy, and their two young children died in a plane crash last evening in Utah,” Hogue wrote, according to the AP. “They were visiting family in Scottsdale and returning home. They stopped to refuel in Utah.”
The Grand County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that four people died in the Moab crash, but did not confirm their identities.(RELATED: Former Super Bowl Champion Dies In Plane Crash)
The Sheriff’s Office posted a statement to Facebook on Sunday apparently confirming the crash.
Doug Larsen, a Republican state senator from North Dakota, was killed alongside his wife and their two children when the plane they were…
