'Saturday night, at approximately 9:50 p.m. Florida Air Refuge Center reported a possible plane crash. The location was quickly identified as north of the Seeley Lake Airport.
You may have heard the story but few have seen the site. Tragically, a crew of four lost their lives in 1962 on a training mission. The bomber crashed on Emmigrant Peak south of Chico.
Big emergencies thankfully don't happen very often but it's crucial for law enforcement and first responders to practice for worst case scenarios. That's exactly what they did on Saturday morning in Three Forks.
This weekend a small plane crashed just West of Butte that took the life of Northwestern Energy Vice President of Wholesale operations, Dave Gates.
Dave Gates was piloting the Cessna 310 plane and no one else was on board. Dave Gates was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash...