2 killed in Henderson County single-engine plane crash; pet survived impact

HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A small plane has crashed in Henderson County on Wednesday evening.

The plane went down near Echo Lake, Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said, adding that it is a Murchison address in that area. There were two people on board.

Hillhouse said that Texas DPS and FAA are working the scene, though the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has some units there to assist, as well. He confirmed that the two aboard the plane did not survive.

A witness at the scene, Chip Crist, has cows on the neighboring property. He tells us the man and woman died in the crash, but the dog they had with them did survive. Crist said the plane had stopped for fuel in Nacogdoches, but then began having engine trouble. When trying to make an emergency landing near Murchison, he said, they caught the power lines and crashed.