Two killed after light aircraft crashes in Churton near Chester

 

At 8.55pm on Thursday 16 August CheshirePolice and other emergency services were called to the scene of a light aircraft carrying a pilot and passenger that had crashed in farmland near Churton, on the outskirts of Chester.
Sadly the two men onboard the aircraft, one from North Wales and a second man from Surrey, sustained fatal injuries. Their next of kin have been informed but formal identification has not yet taken place.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch have been informed. There were no other reported casualties.