Houston: In a tragic incident, an Indian-American doctor couple were killed when their private plane crashed in the US state of Ohio, police officials said today. Umamaheswara Kalapatapu, 63, and his wife Sitha-Gita Kalapatapu, 61, from Logansport in Indiana, were killed in the crash, according to a media release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The plane: a Piper Archer PA-28, being piloted by Umamaheswara, is believed to have crashed sometime between 10:36 am and 12:30 pm local time on Saturday, July 8, the release said.
The report further says that the Ohio State Highway Patrol Aviation with the assistance of the Civil Air Patrol located the crash scene in an abandoned retention pond near the village of Beverly in southeastern Ohio.
Searchers found the wreckage on Saturday afternoon.
The Bowen Center replied to a NewsChannel 15 tweet to offer condolences to the Kalapatapu family - "It is with great sadness we have been informed about the loss of Dr Kalapatapu and his wife. We offer our condolences to friends & family".
Heather Geisler, an employee from Logansport said she's done data entry, scanning and "a little bit of everything" for the Logansport clinic for the past eight years. "They were generous to a fault, extremely hardworking and dedicated to their patients," Ms Geisler said of the Kalapatapus.
Mr Kalapatapu received multiple state, national and international awards and recognition for his photography and had been a certified professional photographer by the Professional Photographers of America since 2005, according to Pharos-Tribune archives.
Raj Clinics' Logansport location opened in 1995, she added.
The plane: a Piper Archer PA-28, being piloted by Umamaheswara, is believed to have crashed sometime between 10:36 am and 12:30 pm local time on Saturday, July 8, the release said.
The report further says that the Ohio State Highway Patrol Aviation with the assistance of the Civil Air Patrol located the crash scene in an abandoned retention pond near the village of Beverly in southeastern Ohio.
Searchers found the wreckage on Saturday afternoon.
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The Bowen Center replied to a NewsChannel 15 tweet to offer condolences to the Kalapatapu family - "It is with great sadness we have been informed about the loss of Dr Kalapatapu and his wife. We offer our condolences to friends & family".
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Heather Geisler, an employee from Logansport said she's done data entry, scanning and "a little bit of everything" for the Logansport clinic for the past eight years. "They were generous to a fault, extremely hardworking and dedicated to their patients," Ms Geisler said of the Kalapatapus.
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Mr Kalapatapu received multiple state, national and international awards and recognition for his photography and had been a certified professional photographer by the Professional Photographers of America since 2005, according to Pharos-Tribune archives.
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Raj Clinics' Logansport location opened in 1995, she added.
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