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2 men die in ultralight aircraft crash near Evansville

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MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) — Two men have died after an ultralight aircraft crashed in southwestern Indiana.

Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham says the crash occurred Tuesday morning southwest of Evansville.

He says the men flew from an airfield south of the crash site.

The names of the men haven’t been released until relatives can be notified. The men were not Indiana residents.

Investigators with the sheriff’s office are working with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board to learn more about the crash.