Bystanders attempted to reach the plane to check for survivors before authorities arrived at the scene
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- One man has died, and another was hospitalized after a small plane crashed into a body of water in Florida and “flipped over,” according to authorities
- The victim has been identified by the local sheriff’s office as 45-year-old Ryan Cody of Naples
- Cody was the business manager at St. Finbarr Catholic Church in Naples as well as a volunteer with the church’s youth program
A 45-year-old man has died after a small plane he was in crashed into a Florida national park.
The crash was reported just after 12:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, Feb. 15, according to an incident report from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) obtained by PEOPLE.
The plane “flipped over” before it became “partially submerged in water” after the crash in Everglades City, according to preliminary data shared by the Federal Aviation Administration…