Georgia family of five is killed in small plane crash: Parents, sons aged 10 and 12, and pilot grandfather, 76, die returning from baseball tournament where eldest child hit a grand slam
Daily MailA family-of-five, including the parents, their two sons and their grandfather pilot, have been killed in a plane crash in upstate New York. The victims of a New York plane crash were identified as Laura VanEpps, 43; Ryan VanEpps, 42; James VanEpps, 12; and Harrison VanEpps, 10 The family had begun their return journey back to Alpharetta, Georgia in the Atlanta suburbs after watching their 12-year-old son, James' baseball team play in a tournament The wreckage of the plane and the remains of the five people on board were found Sunday night in the town of Masonville, the New York State Police said. In a moving tribute on Monday, players at the Oneonta baseball ground where James had played on Sunday, laid out out their gloves in his initials: J. R. 'As we grapple with this unimaginable loss, let us come together to remember and celebrate the beautiful lives they lived,' the Van Epps family said in a statement posted on Facebook. Laura Van Epps' father Beggs had volunteered to fly the family to upstate New York and came to watch the tournament with them. Parents, Ryan and Laura were said to be supportive parents Baseball players from local teams in the upstate New York community gathered to pay tribute In a moving tribute on Monday, players at the Oneonta baseball ground where James had played on Sunday, laid out out their gloves in his initials: J. R. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said on the social media platform X that he and his family were praying for the victims' families.
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