Tragedy struck the Northland over the weekend when a small plane crashed into a Hermantown home, taking the lives of all three people on board. There were two people inside the the home at the time of the crash, neither sustaining injuries.
On Monday, multiple sources have identified the victims of the crash, which took place about a mile south of the Duluth International Airport. They include two Burnsville, Minnesota men and a St. Paul woman who taught school in Burnsville. The trio were reportedly traveling in the Duluth area for a wedding.
Sun This Week, a news source covering the Burnsville area, is reporting Alyssa Schmidt, 32, and her brother, Matthew Schmidt, 31, were passengers in the Cessna 172 that went down just before midnight on October 1, according to Hermantown police. Also killed was Tyler Fretland, 32, who was the airplane’s certified pilot…