Canadian politician Jim Prentice and three friends were killed
when their plane crashed in British Columbia, authorities
confirmed Friday.
A former premier of Alberta and government minister, Prentice
was heading home to Calgary from a golfing trip when their twin-
engine Cessna Citation crashed around 10 p.m. Thursday local
time (1 a.m. Friday ET) shortly after taking off from Kelowna,
CTV reported, citing sources.
"Our police officers and police dog reached the crash scene
shortly after midnight, but unfortunately they were not able to
locate any survivors," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Dan
Moskaluk said in a statement. "There was catastrophic damage at
the crash site."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also issued a statement
about Prentice's death. "Today, we mourn the passing of a great
Canadian," Trudeau said.
A team of investigators from the country's Transportation Safety
Board was en route to the crash site to inspect the plane and
begin probing the deadly crash, a TSB spokesman told NBC News.
The RCMP did not immediately release the identities of those
killed in the crash.
Prentice, 60, was a Conservative who bucked his own party in
2005 and voted to support gay marriage. He was also a married
father of three daughters and a grandfather of two.
Apparently karma felt it was time to correct Jim's mistake.
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prentice-three-others-die-plane-crash-n666601