US plane crash in Georgia kills family of 5

NEW YORK

Five members from the same family were killed in a plane crash in the state of Georgia, according to local media Saturday.

The family was traveling to a funeral in the state of Indiana on a Piper 31T twin-engine turboprop aircraft.

The pilot and owner of the plane, Larry Ray Pruitt, his wife and three children were killed in the crash, officials said.

*Writing by Gozde Bayar