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The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office has reported that two people were killed in a small plane crash west of nearby Colfax that occurred late Sunday afternoon. 

According to a release by the Nevada County Sheriff’s office, a mayday call was heard at approximately 1:30 p.m.just before the plane crashed in the area of Dog Bar Road in Placer County, just west of the town of Colfax.

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Nevada county authorities responded to the scene and were waiting the arrival of investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board to conduct the crash investigation late Sunday afternoon.

As of Sunday evening, this was an active investigation scene.

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estiAuthorities are investigating a plane crash where two people were killed near Colfax late Sunday afternoon.
Photo: Nevada County Sheriff’s Office

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