MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop H Headquarters-3525 North Belt-St. Joseph, MO 64506
News Release
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Jacob P. Angle
(816) 387-2345, ext. 3847
H12217
December 2, 2017
EMPHASIS:
Ultralight Aircraft Crash In Buchanan County
At approximately 2:59 p.m., on December 2, 2017, Troop H Headquarters received a report from the Buchanan County Communication Center of a small aircraft that crashed approximately four miles south of St. Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County. Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department, and emergency rescue personnel responded to the area and located a single engine ultralight aircraft crashed in a field just west of Route JJ. The only occupant of the aircraft, Randal K. Reynolds, 65, of St. Joseph, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene by Richard Shelton with the Buchanan County Medical Examiner’s Office. Reynolds has been transported to Meierhoffer Funeral Home in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate.
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