The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office responded to a small-engine plane crash on Oct. 24th in a wilderness area near Swampy Pass southwest of Crested Butte. A New Castle man and two of his sons died when the plane he was piloting crashed Saturday morning.
The area of the crash was in extreme terrain and had experienced severe weather at the time of the crash. According to the Sheriff, in the hours afterward, responders worked together under treacherous conditions to bring the victims back to their loved ones.
