A 13-year-old was killed after a plane carrying a family headed to Boise, Idaho crashed just shortly after taking off into the Bighorn Mountains. The plane was a single engine, four-seat Piper airplane.
The crash was reported at 4:57 pm according to Wyoming News Now. The National Traffic Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, and Sheridan County Sheriff’s office all investigated the crash two days after the incident.
The 13-year-old was identified as Amelia Palmer, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. According to County10, “On September 3, 2025, the Sheridan County Coroner released Amelia Palmer’s cause of death as blunt force trauma.”…