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No survivors after plane carrying Utah LDS bishop, 2 children crashes

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PANGUITCH, Utah — The bodies of a Sandy man and his two children were found Monday after a search located the wreckage of a plane that was reported missing Sunday morning, police said.

Iron County Sheriff Mark O. Gower said the plane was located near lower Bear Valley area northwest of Panguitch by a police helicopter shortly after 11 a.m. Monday.

Gower said the plane was not intact. A ground crew then moved in where the plane was located.

Garfield County officials said there were no survivors in the crash.

The plane disappeared before 9 a.m. Sunday, roughly 17 miles northwest of Panguitch near Sandy Peak and Little Creek Peak, according to police.

Relatives and friends gathering at the family’s home in Sandy Sunday evening said that Randall “Randy” Wells was flying back from a wedding in Phoenix when his plane disappeared earlier in the day. His two young children, 8-year-old Asher and 3-year-old Sara, were also onboard.

A GoFundMe account was created for Wells’ pregnant wife, who didn’t make the flight to Arizona.

Wells was due back at 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Ryan Kitterman, a family friend. Wells’ phone last pinged near Panguitch about 11 p.m., Kitterman said.

Searchers from six counties were looking for the plane Sunday, the family said.

Wells was the bishop of the Mount Jordan 3rd Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

More information will be added as soon as it is made available.

This article was originally published at KSL.com. It is used here with permission.

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