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Crop duster pilot dies in crash

5 years 4 weeks 11 hours ago Tuesday, February 27 2018 Feb 27, 2018 February 27, 2018 8:44 PM February 27, 2018 in News
Source: Associated Press
By: Associated Press

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - A crop duster has died after a crash between Greenwood and Itta Bena.

The Greenwood Commonwealth reports 37-year-old Jimmy E. Risher died about 5:15 p.m. Monday after his 2015 AT-802 plane went down in a field.

Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders says Risher lived in Sidon and worked for Ag Concepts out of Morgan City, Mississippi, for five years.

Sanders says Risher was spraying a field for farmer Ray Makamson when the plane went down.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

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