HICKORY, N.C. — Two men who were killed when a small plane crashed into Lake Hickory on Sunday have been identified.
Multiple crews responded to a plane crash on Lake Hickory near Selkirk Drive in Catawba County around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Hickory Fire Department. A single-engine Super Petrel Amphibious Plane hit power lines and crashed just after leaving the Hickory Regional Airport, investigators said.
Two men who were on board were killed in the crash. North Carolina State Highway Patrol identified the victims as 63-year-old Jeffrey Ray Cooley, of Granite Falls, and 49-year-old Brian Frank Miller, of Hickory.
A power line was also knocked down due to the crash, initially causing over 18,000 outages shortly before noon. Duke Energy told WCNC Charlotte that they rerouted power in order to restore it quickly. Power was fully restored by around 1:30 p.m.nt
The crash happened in the part of Lake Hickory that is inside Caldwell County, but all of the power outages are inside the city of Hickory in Catawba County.
Emergency agencies from Burke County, Alexander County, Caldwell County and Catawba County are all responding to the crash.
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