Pilot, passenger killed in Illinois plane crash after departing from Wisconsin

DEERFIELD, Ill. (CBS 58) — A tragic airplane crash that left from a Wisconsin airport crashed in a northern Illinois suburb Wednesday night, March 4.

Officials say the plane left out of Madison before the plane hit the roof of a house in Deerfield, Illinois and damaged two gas meters.

The pilot and passenger died. But people that live in the area are calling the pilot a hero, saying it could have been much worse…

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