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Cropduster dies in plane crash near Hays

Cropduster dies in plane crash near Hays

Cropduster dies in plane crash near Hays

The Kansas Highway Patrol investigated a plane crash that killed a cropduster near Hays.

Troopers say the pilot, 70-year-old John Werth, took off from his private runway in a 1984 bi-wing spray plane around 9:15 a.m. and crashed a short time later near the intersection of 240th Avenue and Smoky Hill River Road.  Werth died at the scene.

The FAA will take over the investigation into the crash

(Photo courtesy Hays Post)

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