North Dakota State Senator and Family Killed in Plane Crash

The late senator, his wife, and their two young sons were returning from a family visit but their single-engine Piper plane crashed shortly after take off.

North Dakota Republican state Sen. Doug Larsen stands for this photo at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Dec. 4, 2022. Andrea Cooper/North Dakota Legislative Council via AP

A North Dakota state senator, his wife, and their two young sons were all killed in a plane crash in Utah, officials said on Monday.

State Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife Amy, and their two sons died on Sunday evening when the aircraft the lawmaker was piloting crashed shortly after take off, Gov. Doug Burgum’s office said.