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Pilot's Wife dies of Injuries in Vegas-area crash
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 9:01 AM by Cecilia Stevenson
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A report says the wife of a pilot killed in a Labor Day plane small plane crash on a neighborhood street near a southern Nevada airport has also died.
University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen told says that Susan Touchet of Erath, La., died Tuesday
from injuries sustained in the Sept. 6 crash not far from Henderson Executive Airport.
Torchet's husband, 50-year-old Douglas Touchet, was pronounced dead shortly after the seven-seat Piper Cherokee crashed and caught fire.
Passengers Randall Savoy and Tamika Savoy of St. Martinville, La., were seriously injured but are expected to recover.
Investigators say the two couples were heading home after a holiday weekend in Las Vegas when the crash occurred.
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