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Sad news in NM this AM...

HARDING COUNTY, N.M. -- State police have released the identities of two people killed in a plane crash in northern New Mexico on Wednesday night.





Jeff Lane, who operated the Bell Ranch in Harding County, and 33-year-old Ryan Hartley died when the small plane went down on State Road 419 between the towns of Mosquero and Trementina.





Family members of the victims told Action 7 News the plane took off from the Bell Ranch at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and crashed about an hour later. Search crews did not find the wreckage until nearly 6 o'clock Wednesday night.



Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration will arrive at the scene Thursday morning. The FAA crews will help determine the cause of the crash. .
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