Lake County plane crash victims identified

Three Indiana men died in a plane crash outside of St. Ignatius Thursday afternoon, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

The crash happened at 4 p.m. near Pinehave Lane. Officials believe the single-engine plane hit a power line and crashed upside down in a hayfield.

A backhoe was used to tip over the aircraft, and first-responders found all three occupants dead inside the plane.

Lake County Sheriff Don Bell identified the deceased as Timothy R. Arnold, 59, Grant O. Weythman, 49, and Allen K. Eicher, 65. All three men were from Evansville, Indiana. Their bodies were taken to the Montana State Crime Lab.

The FAA was at the crash site Friday conducting an investigation, Bell said. The National Transportation Safety Board was expected to send an investigator from California.