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An Ontario town is mourning a family of five who died in a Nashville plane crash earlier this week.
Forty-three-year-old Victor Dotsenko, his 39-year-old wife Rimma Dotsenko and their three children, 12-year-old David, 10-year-old Adam and seven-year-old Emma, were killed Monday as a single-engine plane crashed alongside a highway.
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The family, who were the only people aboard the plane, lived in King Township, located about 50 km north of Toronto.
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The town’s mayor, Steve Pellegrini, expressed condolences to the friends and relatives of the family Wednesday night, calling it a “heartbreaking and devastating loss” for the “tight-knit community.”
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Victor Dotsenko, who was flying the plane, had radioed air traffic controllers to report that his engine had shut down.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent a representative to assist in the crash investigation being led by U.S. authorities.
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